Refusing to bow to Dilip Vengsarkar's demand to either allow him to write columns
or compensate, the Cricket Board today made it clear that the chief selector was
free to make his decisions.
"BCCI's stand on Vengsarkar remains the same," Board vice president
Rajiv Shukla said.
"It's upto him to decide (whether to fall in line or quit). The ball is
in his court," he said.
Miffed by BCCI guidelines that prevents him from writing
columns, Vengsarkar wrote a letter to the BCCI President Sharad Pawar,
making it clear that he would continue in the post only if the board withdrew
the guidelines or compensated him.
Vengsarkar also threatened not to attend tomorrow's selection
committee meeting in Bangalore where team for the third Test against Pakistan
and the squad for the Australia tour are to be picked.
Shukla, however, ruled out a change in the Board's stance and
said, "He has to decide what he wants to do. If he attends tomorrow's selection
committee meeting, it would mean he has accepted the guidelines and would continue
in the chief selector's post.
"And we would not have any problem in such a case.
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