I'll reply to Ganguly after Oz series: Vengsarkar

Agencies Tags : cricket, selectors, sourav ganguly, vengsarkar Posted: Friday , Oct 10, 2008 at 1522 hrs Mumbai, October 10::

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Former Chief selector Dilip Vengasarkar on Friday said he would refrain from responding to Sourav Ganguly's outburst against the selectors till the end of the current series against Australia as it could divert the team's focus.

"I won't answer him now as this is not the right time because India are in the middle of a Test series (against Australia) and it might affect the focus of the team," Vengsarkar said.

"But I will definitely answer him after the series is over. He will get more than what he has asked for," he added.

Ganguly hit out at selectors for the way he had been treated and said he decided to retire to save himself the humiliation of being treated as the "sacrificial goat" all the time.

"There is no point playing like this. I am not willing to play at their (selectors') mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept," said Ganguly, who announced his retirement from international cricket on Tuesday.

Vengsarkar also said the BCCI would look into the matter and find out what Ganguly had told the Bengali daily.

"All I had said yesterday (to a TV channel) is that if he had said anything (on selection), the BCCI will look into it," he said.

The News 24 Channel in a press release late on Thursday night quoted Vengsarkar as saying "Sourav should stay away from making any statements till he is playing as they will create unnecessary controversies."

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Ganguly at faultBy: Sujit | 10-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward The only fault of Ganguly is that he has no Kar to end his surname. In Indian cricket, there is different tretment for Kar-walas and non-karwalas. This is true now and in the past also when player like mohinder amrnath was humiliated due to only this reason. Becoz of this Tendulkar can go way with failure after failure even bothering to think of retirement.

SachinBy: Hemant | 10-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward I have nothing against Sachin, but he is way past his prime too... I don't remember the last time he made a solid contribution to the team. He has been keeping one slot in the team locked up for more than a decade now. Atleast Ganguly did not quit the captaincy like Sachin. Vengsarkar should take responsibility for all the politics that he indulged in as the selector and stop threatning players who have contributed much more than him to Indian cricket.

Vengsarkar's commentsBy: Prathap Chithapuram | 10-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward I am with Vengsarkar on this one. Was he perfect? No. Was the selection comittee under him perfect? No. No one is perfect. But for Sourav to say that the selection committee was after him is ridiculous. People say that he was out of form for only one series and that is not correct. Look at his past 2 years of performance (i.e. not just batting. even though it makes up the most). He played only good in one or two series (including ODIs). Was he the only one with poor performance, absolutely. They should have dropped Rahul, Sachin and Kumble. But if Sachin is dropped, then Mumbhai will be on fire. If people can get killed and bus can be put on fire for Dada's dropping, then imagine what will happen if Sachin is dropped. That is the country we live in. So, in short, the selection committee has a lot of other influences and requests that it has to take into consideration during the selection process. Is that correct?. No. Ask players like Badrinath and others from yester years.

Inconsistent selectorsBy: Aravind | 10-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward There's no denying the fact that players ability and performance alone are of no relevance in Indian cricket if he is not well connected. How can undeserving cricketers find a place in the squad if cricket alone is selection criteria.

GangulyBy: Frustrated Indian | 10-Oct-2008 Reply | Forward What reply will u give Vengy...you have been unscupulous and biased towards others like Sachin, etc. Stop shouting after committing such abuse of powers...they say " the mother of the thief has the loudest voice"...