Former opener WV Raman’s unceremonious ouster from the Indian girls’s group head coach’s place has opened a can of worms with each the Madan Lal-headed Cricket Advisory Committee and Neetu David-led choice panel coming underneath the scanner of BCCI bigwigs.
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Raman, who efficiently coached the ladies’s group to T20 World Cup closing in Australia and is extensively acknowledged as the most effective Indian coaches, was eliminated by Lal and Naik’s CAC, which reinstated Ramesh Powar, who was faraway from the identical publish in 2018.
Is Madan Lal’s committee unlawful as per Lodha norms?
“Maddi paaji (that’s how Madan Lal is addressed in Indian cricket fraternity) celebrated his 70th birthday on March 20, 2021. The BCCI, in its appeal to Supreme Court against some of the reforms, doesn’t ask for roll-back of age-cap of 70 years. So how come Madan Lal was allowed to sit in CAC meeting?,” a senior member requested.
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While the BCCI has no intention of utilizing its veto to over-rule Lal and Naik, the board’s prime officers are unable to wrap their heads round as to what led to suggestion of Raman’s elimination.
Sulakshana Naik’s position in CAC conferences
Former India participant Sulakshana is the youthful sister of Mumbai Cricket Association president Sanjay Naik. She has to this point attended three CAC conferences for varied appointments.
Someone who’s abreast with how the eight interviews had been carried out stated that it felt as if Naik had made up her thoughts that Raman needed to be eliminated for only one unhealthy sequence, regardless of figuring out absolutely effectively that choice was not in his arms and it was achieved by her ex-teammate, Neetu David’s panel.
“One surprising question that Raman was asked was how can he claim credit for women’s team reaching T20 final as this is a team that was prepared by Ramesh Powar,” the supply stated.
The line of questioning, in keeping with the official, was clear that the platform was set for Powar to be reinstated.
“Even if we presume that Ramesh and Mithali Raj had problems back then and it wasn’t good enough ground to remove Ramesh, does two wrongs make a right,” he questioned.
“If you go by the argument Sulakshana gave during Raman’s 45-minute presentation, by that logic, Ramesh is inheriting a team that Raman prepared,” he countered.
Did Raman and Neetu David have a fall-out throughout SA choice?
The sources have confirmed that Raman had red-flagged the sort of squad that David, Arati Vaidya, Renu Margrate, Mithu Mukherjee and V Kalpana picked for the South Africa sequence, for which teen batting sensation Shafali Verma was not picked for the ODIs and senior pacer Shikha Pandey was inexplicably dropped.
While each David and Raman couldn’t be contacted for corroboration, it’s understood that the BCCI these days information all choice conferences. The just-removed coach didn’t approve the adjustments.
“Do you know what kind of logic was given for dropping Shikha and Shafali? It is beyond comprehension,” a peeved senior official stated.
The selectors stated that Pandey was unfit as a result of she hasn’t labored exhausting on coaching throughout lockdown and was “overweight”.
“But when they were asked to prove their point, they couldn’t simply do it,” the official alleged.
In the case of Shafali, her fielding was questioned and put forth as the explanation for her non-selection within the ODI group.
“If Raman had a counter-question that if Shafali’s fielding is a problem for 50-over cricket, then it is bigger problem in T20 format where it is more important. Then how is she being selected in T20 format,” the official requested.
Selections of Bangalore-based membership Falcons’ gamers C Prathusha and Monica Patel
Leg-spinner C Prathyusha and left-arm sluggish army bowler Monica Patel had been two shock inclusions within the girls’s group throughout their comeback sequence towards South Africa.
Both Prathyusha and Monica characterize the well-known Falcons membership in Bangalore the place present BCCI apex council member Shantha Rangaswamy is a member and one in every of its founding secretaries.
“We are not alleging anything but this eerie coincidence has certainly not gone unnoticed. I only hope that Sourav and Jay make a mental note of everything as we have a World Cup to play. Both should be a part of every selection meetings from now on. Raman paid the price for dubious selections,” the supply stated.
Counter factors towards Raman
While the bulk consider that the fashionable southpaw of yesteryears has been exhausting achieved by, there are a number of critics who really feel that there have been some unfastened ends from his aspect too.
“Some girls complained that he will at times switch himself off during training sessions. Also some girls felt under-appreciated. Someone like Rajeshwari Gayakwad was not even once praised despite she being the best bowler during the series,” a member from the anti-Raman camp stated.
Another allegation towards Raman is that he unwittingly gave gloveswoman Nuzhat Parween a debut cap with out figuring out that she has already performed each ODIs and T20Is for India.
“How come a coach forgot that one of his players have already played. To be fair to Neetu, was Raman also doing his homework?”
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