Sourav Ganguly's 'extended' tenure as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is becoming increasingly tumultuous. (More Cricket News)
After Virat Kohli literally exposed the former captain for lying on captaincy matters, Wriddhiman Saha has enforced a strong belief that what Dada says and what he do൩es are two different thi🐟ngs.
More importantly, it has once again raised questions if Sourav Ganguly is interfering in selection matters and head coach Rahul Dr♓avid is not amused.
Kohli was bold enough to contradict Ganguly after he lost his ODI captaincy rather surreptitiously. In post-Ravi Shastri era, Kohli felt he was ambushed by the selection committee that acted on the ord🦂ers of the BCCI bosses.
Wriddhima🅘n Saha's axing from the Indian Test squad for the upcoming home series against Sri Lanka has once again shown Ganguly in poor light.
Although revealing a private WhatsApp conversation is completely unethical, Saha chose to tell the🦄 m𝔍edia that Ganguly had "assured him a spot in the Test squad as long as he was BCCI boss".
Saha cannot be glorified for his (mis)deed. Dressing room matters, private conversations and issues related to team selection always remain confidential. Saha, who has played 40 Tests, should have known that. Why he wept on the media's shoulder after not getting select🌳ed in the Test squad remains a mystery.
In BCCI's internal politics, will anti-Ganguly forces use this unsavoury incident to dislodge Dada from BCCI's hotseat? In any case, Ganguly and two other BCCI office-bearers have been overstaying defyiꦦng the Supreme Court-approved Bo💛ard constitution.
Saha added fuel to the controversy by exposing a rogue 'journalist', who threatened him for declining an interview. Even if Saha has chosen to keep everyone guessing on who this well-known scꩵribe is, the core issue is not about the p🏅erceived threat.
The issue is that if Ganguly assured Sa𓆏ha a spot in the Test team, why did Rahul Dravid disagree?
Obviously, Dravid will not agree to Ganguly's diktat on selection matters. ✅Dravid is known for his independent thinking and should be appreciated for being upfront with Saha.
Dravid did not🐓 deny the fact that he had indicated to Wriddꦅhiman Saha that his time in the Test squad was up.
The head coach wants to groom a team for the future and in a year when Indians ar꧟e playing just three Tests, it mꦯakes sense to try new wicketkeepers instead of reposing faith in a 37-year-old (Saha).
Dravid said Saha deserv💫ed 'honesty and clarity' on selection and hence the communication with Saha.
Unfortunately, communication is a massive problem in BCCI. Ganguly is known to selectively leak stories and one of his favourites is this෴ 'journalist,' who threatened Saha.
Unlike his days as India captain, when a daring Ganguly was known to speak honestly and frankly with the media, administrator Ganguly is just t💯he opposite man. H🐈e has lost that cutting edge.
The BCCI ecosystem, where no one trusts each other, has made Ganguly even more circumspect. It is perhaps poetic justice that one of India's best captains, a man 🌟who backed his team to the hilt, has been shamed by two current Indian playe✅rs.
