'As far as team selection goes, it was never...' - one of the sacked selectors makes a big accusation on the Indian Cricket Board

Following the embarrassing elimination of team India from the 20-20 World Cup 2022 at the hands of England in the second semi-final, the tables are turning with every passing day. In a recent major development, the Indian cricket Board has sacked the entire selection committee led by the former pacer Chetan Sharma.

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In the aftermath of this firing, one of the sacked selectors has come up with some shocking statements for the Indian cricket Board. He also lashed out at the bigger authorities for making selectors a scapegoat and accused them of being involved in the selection procedures.

“BCCI has thrown us under the bus when they clearly know they should take the blame as well. The captaincy decision was not entirely our own. There was constant interference in selection decisions. The rotation policy in place came as advice from BCCI and it was of course logical. But they now blame us for having 8 captains in 9 months. They have made us the scapegoats,” said one of the fired selectors to InsideSport.

"It was not completely the selection committee’s decision to go with a new captain for all formats"

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“When you talk about not having a long-term plan, it’s untrue. The reason why Shami was dropped from the T20 team was to make space for someone like Arshdeep. He did well. Axar got the backing to be a backup for Jadeja. But tell me, is there a replacement for Ashwin? The next-in-line media talks about Washington Sundar. He has been struggling with injuries. That is why Ashwin made a comeback. As far as team selection goes, it was never in our hands. It was up to the team management to take the call. You should ask why Chahal didn’t play in Australia,” he added later

Later on, the selector also said that changing captains was not the sole decision of the selection committee. He also opened up about Virat Kohli’s captaincy in the white-ball format.

“I won’t name anyone or a group. But it was not completely the selection committee’s decision to go with a new captain for all formats. Some of us wanted to have Virat for white-ball formats until the 2023 WC. But ultimately, Virat was removed. Many in the BCCI did not support multiple captains for multiple formats,” concluded the former selector.