Former India captain and chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar has joined in the chorus of voices slamming the selection policy adopted by the team management in the recent series defeat against England. He has raised some serious questions over team India’s continues changing and chopping policy.
“Number 3 and number 4 is the most crucial pair,” Vengsarkar told Hindustan Times. “It speaks poorly of the selectors that we don’t have a settled number 4. How can you unsettle batsmen of the calibre of Rahul and Rahane?
“If Ajinkya cannot fit in the ODI squad, there is something more to it than meets the eye. How can you drop Rahane in the next match India is playing (ODIs) after captaining the (Test) team against Afghanistan? How can you not have confidence in your top players of the calibre of Rahane, a proven player in English conditions?”
Vengsarkar also observed that Rahul in particular has not been allowed to settle into the playing XI.
“What’s going on? If you are going to play musical chairs then the confidence of the top players player’s will take a beating,” he said. “It doesn’t augur well for the future. He (Rahul) has been unsettled, which is not good for a quality batsman.”
