Former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Thursday said lack of focus has been the main reason for Yuvraj Singh not being able to live up to his potential despite being given several opportunities to excel at the international level. “Yuvraj has been given too many opportunities but he has failed to translate his talent into [...]
Former chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar lauded the century scored by Sourav Ganguly at Mohali against the Australians on Saturday and said the southpaw’s decision to retire was a personal one. When asked if the century proved that the former India skipper had more cricket left in him, Vengsarkar said, “His retirement is up to him [...]
Sourav Ganguly has denied comments attributed to him in a Bengali daily. While several Bengali papers have carried interviews with Ganguly, some controversial comments attributed to him in the Kolkata daily Aajkal deal with his omission from the Indian team and the inclusion of several team-mates. Read : I was tired of being humiliated: Ganguly [...]
Dilip Vengsarkar, the BCCI’s former chairman of selectors, has said he will respond to Sourav Ganguly’s criticism of his selection committee at the end of India’s series against Australia and give him “more than what he asked for”. “I won’t answer him now as this is not the right time because India are in the [...]
Former Indian captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth is likely to replace Dilip Vengasarkar as the Chairman of Selectors according to a report as Colonel’s term is set to finish later this year. The annual general body meeting (AGM) of the Board is due to take place at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai on September 27 and 28. [...]
Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s chairman of selectors, has praised captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his role in the 3-2 series win in the one-dayers in Sri Lanka. “Dhoni’s return to the team was a boon. Not only did he lead the side superbly but he played a couple of match-winning knocks,” Vengsarkar said. “More importantly, he [...]
Chairman of selectors and former Indian skipper Dilip Vengsarkar has praised One-Day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s contributions in their first ever ODI series win in Sri Lanka. “The Indian skipper not only handled the team well but also showed how top class spinners have to be played. He played two knocks in this tournament which [...]
In a move towards professionalism, the selection committee in Indian cricket will undergo several changes. The most important step will be to scrap the existing honorary set-up, and pay each selector Rs 25 lakh per annum. The working committee also proposed that a former player should have retired from international cricket at least ten years [...]
Dilip Vengsarkar, India’s chairman of selectors, has stressed the need to reduce the number of one-day games in order to tackle the issue of player burnout. Instead of cutting down on Tests per tour, Vengsarkar said ODIs had to be targetted. “We play around five to seven ODI games on every tour,” Vengsarkar said. “This [...]