Breaking tradition, Dhoni, Fletcher left out of selection meeting

[J P K]

In a break from tradition, India skipper M S Dhoni was not consulted when the team for the tri-series in Australia and the two Twenty20 Internationals was picked in Chennai on Sunday the day on which the Test team succumbed to their seventh away loss in a row. India coach Duncan Fletcher was also not part of the decision-making process. It is reliably gathered that the Leadership issue was also discussed at the Sunday meeting in Chennai but eventually the selectors agreed that they didn't have any other option but to retain Dhoni as skipper as Virender Sehwag, his deputy, isn't scoring runs. During an overseas tour, the coach and the captain are linked up with the selectors via a teleconference when a team is selected. One of the selectors, Narendra Hirwani, is in Perth and The Indian Express has learnt that the former leg-spinner was consulted by Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the chief national selector. However, the two top men in the Indian team management Dhoni and Fletcher didn't have a say in the meeting, a top Board of Control for Cricket in India official said on Monday. Indian team media manager G S Walia, currently in Perth, confirmed that there was no teleconference between the selectors and team management? Former chief selector Kiran More said it was surprising that neither Dhoni nor Fletcher was consulted. during my time, I always used to speak to the captain before a meeting. When the team was playing abroad, we used to call the captain and coach for their inputs and suggestions after making an initial list. The official announcement used to be made only after consulting the team management. This is very unusual, More said. Asked about the matter, BCCI president N Srinivasan said he wasn't present at the meeting. Ūn any case, we donÃÕ discuss selection matters, he said. Sehwag will, however, lead the team in the fourth Test in Adelaide as Dhoni has been slapped with a one-match ban for slow over-rate by the International Cricket Council. This is his second such offence in a year. http://cricket.expressindia.com/news/Breaking-tradition--Dhoni--Fletcher-left-out-of-selection-meeting/900588/

[NeutralCat]

Wasn't present at the selection meeting? Is he hot the president? What was he doing?

[Needforspeed]

Wasn't present at the selection meeting? Is he hot the president? What was he doing?

Board administrators (President, Secretary, Treasurer etc) are normally not present in selection committee meetings. Theoritically at least the selection process is an independent process.

[saneindian]

Board administrators (President' date=' Secretary, Treasurer etc) are normally not present in selection committee meetings. Theoritically at least the selection process is an independent process.[/quote'] BCCI secretary is the convener of selection committee and presides over all such meetings. On the topic, the test team is in doldrums hence lets disturb the ODI team too. Pathetic from the selectors. If they do not have faith in the skipper or the coach, sack the captain and recomment to the BCCI to sack the coach as well. Wonder what's the message they are trying to send. And once these guys are no longer the selectors, they sit in TV studios and preach on why captain and coach should always be a part of any selection decisions.

[Pagalpanti]

Thinking of sacking him from ODI's? That'll be ridiculous.

[Needforspeed]

Maybe the selector who was present in Perth would have had an interaction with Dhoni and Fletcher and would have conveyed their views to the Selection committee.

[Needforspeed]

Anyway, there are hardly any major surprises in the ODI selection.

[asterix]

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[Tendulkar_Bhai]

Good, i dont rate Dhoni's selections at all, thats not to say Srikkanth is doing any better a job!