The chairman of the national selection committee has been under fire incessantly of late over certain calls made during the England Test series, which India lost 4-1. He’s had two players at different ends of the experience spectrum come out openly and express their dissatisfaction at the lack or “absence of communication” after being dropped. But Prasad remained steadfast in his view that the “communication policy” was solid enough.
“I’d like to tell that in 2015, Virat has taken on as captain of Test team, subsequently in 2017, he has taken over all formats. He has led the team from the front and we are no.1 in all formats of the game (No. 2 in ODIs and T20Is). As a player, as a captain, he has excelled. Whenever the need arose, whether it is Rahane or Rohit, in respective formats, they did reasonably well,” said Prasad ascertaining the status quo. He did add a softening blow revealing his committee’s view of how they want “all 15 to start thinking like leaders”. Prasad also sounded rather assured in his view on where MS Dhoni fits into India’s scheme of things, despite his blow-hot-blow-cold performances with the bat in recent times.
“Team management and selection committee are always on the same page and we are very, very clear in our communication policy. It has been clearly told and I still stand by it” he added.
