Delhi has
disappointed once again. Despite the presence of so many stars, Virender
Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Ashish Nehra and Unmukt Chand, the fancied team barely
qualified for the Vijay Hazare national one-dayers knockouts and then lost to
Mumbai. The loss was hard enough on chief selector Yashpal Sharma, who quit
from his post all of a sudden.
While DDCA president Sneh Bansal says Yashpal had prior personal commitments, the reality is far from that. Yashpal was pressured into selecting players he did not want from some DDCA officials as well as the sports committee, according to sources.
One of the officials said that Gambhir was given the side of his choice and he didn’t want any changes even when they were losing badly.
Former Delhi cricketer and junior selector Narendra Negi took out the ire on facebook, saying, “This had to happen. Players who have scored runs and taken wickets were not even picked in the squad.”
There were demands to put Shelly Shaurya, Aditya Kaushik, Pratyush Singh and Kshitiz Sharma in the team for the final games of league phase which Yashpal was avoiding. He even thought of bringing in U-19 captain Himmat Singh into the side. Himmat has been scoring runs and made 181 in the victory over Tripura in Cooch Behar Trophy.
Apart from that Yashpal seemed to have been fed up with the constant bickering in the Delhi team. All the seniors were hell bent on playing. Only upon the threat of not getting selected in the North Zone side for Deodhar Trophy side, did Sehwag and Gambhir decide to stay away and let Unmukt Chand play. Chand too hasn’t been doing any good for Delhi. But national selector Vikram Rathour wanted him in the North Zone as he considers his talent valuable.
Gambhir and Sehwag also seem to be having clash of egos. Gambhir has been backing Sumit Narwal while Sehwag wants Pradeep Sangwan. The selectors say that they can’t simply draft in Sangwan as he has just returned from doping ban. One of the officials asked, “Is there no pace bowler in Delhi that can replace these oldies?”
There are plenty but nobody is thinking over that.
“Those who have helped bring in the proxies during the elections are bound to have a sy in selection,” says a senior official.
As far as latest reports are to be believed, Chetan Chauhan may return as the chairman of selectors. But the fact is that Delhi are in huge turmoil and the seniors are not helping.
While DDCA president Sneh Bansal says Yashpal had prior personal commitments, the reality is far from that. Yashpal was pressured into selecting players he did not want from some DDCA officials as well as the sports committee, according to sources.
One of the officials said that Gambhir was given the side of his choice and he didn’t want any changes even when they were losing badly.
Former Delhi cricketer and junior selector Narendra Negi took out the ire on facebook, saying, “This had to happen. Players who have scored runs and taken wickets were not even picked in the squad.”
There were demands to put Shelly Shaurya, Aditya Kaushik, Pratyush Singh and Kshitiz Sharma in the team for the final games of league phase which Yashpal was avoiding. He even thought of bringing in U-19 captain Himmat Singh into the side. Himmat has been scoring runs and made 181 in the victory over Tripura in Cooch Behar Trophy.
Apart from that Yashpal seemed to have been fed up with the constant bickering in the Delhi team. All the seniors were hell bent on playing. Only upon the threat of not getting selected in the North Zone side for Deodhar Trophy side, did Sehwag and Gambhir decide to stay away and let Unmukt Chand play. Chand too hasn’t been doing any good for Delhi. But national selector Vikram Rathour wanted him in the North Zone as he considers his talent valuable.
Gambhir and Sehwag also seem to be having clash of egos. Gambhir has been backing Sumit Narwal while Sehwag wants Pradeep Sangwan. The selectors say that they can’t simply draft in Sangwan as he has just returned from doping ban. One of the officials asked, “Is there no pace bowler in Delhi that can replace these oldies?”
There are plenty but nobody is thinking over that.
“Those who have helped bring in the proxies during the elections are bound to have a sy in selection,” says a senior official.
As far as latest reports are to be believed, Chetan Chauhan may return as the chairman of selectors. But the fact is that Delhi are in huge turmoil and the seniors are not helping.
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