Don't disgrace Ganguly like this: Ex-cricketers

Source:PTI


  Former Test cricketers on Thursday slammed the national selectors for dropping the experienced Sourav Ganguly from the Test squad, saying the country's most successful captain did not deserve to be humiliated in such a manner. A day after Ganguly was axed from the team for the third Test against Sri Lanka, the cricket fraternity by and large came out in support of the deposed captain and termed the decision of the selectors as 'unfair and illogical'.

Former cricketer Mohinder Amarnath said Ganguly should not have been humiliated in such a way and went to the extent of calling for the introduction of a new selection format to ensure that the panel functioned properly.

"You don't disgrace a senior player like this. Things will change only with a smaller selection panel and no honorary jobs. Selectors should be paid, so that eminent people take it up," Amarnath said.

Former Test batsman and national coach Sandeep Patil said he felt sorry for Ganguly as he himself had gone through such an experience.

"It's a bold, while at the same time, tough decision that has been taken by the selection committee. Like in life you have to go forward in cricket too. I feel sorry for Sourav as I have also gone through such an experence," Patil said.

"I don't know what exactly were discussed at the meeting involving selectors, coach Greg Chappell and captain Rahul Dravid," he said.