Jumping to the defence of Chetan Desai, the Cricket Board today said it
would seek an explanation from captain Rahul Dravid for his outburst against
the team manager for the South African tour.
Desai had come under a scathing attack from the Indian skipper
for his tour report which criticised Dravid for selecting an out-of-form Virender
Sehwag and unfit Munaf Patel in the deciding third Test against South
Africa which India lost.
"We would like to talk to Dravid and find out the exact
situation in which he has been reported to have said these words (critical of
Desai)," the BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said at a media
conference here.
"Chetan Desai was the manager on the tour and as per tradition
he filed his report after the team's return. And he has not said anything about
his (Dravid's) abilities as a player in the report," Shah said.
"The report is with Sharad Pawar (BCCI president) and
after he reads it he would give us guidelines on what to do," the BCCI
secretary added.
Dravid told reporters in Kolkata that Desai had no standing
in the game." Anyone is entitled to give his opinion, anyone is entitled
to give a report. But me commenting on that, I will comment only when it is
worthy of my comment."
"It is important to put it in perspective and understand
that I have been asked for my views on a report given by someone ... When I
last looked at the history of Indian cricket I did not necessarily see his name
featuring very prominently," Dravid had said.
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