Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Why are selectors so insane?
Yesterday the selectors announced the Indian team for the second test against England. I felt really bad for two people: VRV Singh and Suresh Raina. They did not play the first test, no opportunity was given to them, and now they are dropped. I really cannot understand what a young player learns from being in the team other than politics. They could very well have participated in the domestic matches going on at this time. I accept Munaf Patel has been doing well in the recent past in the domestic matches, then why on earth was he not picked for the first test. I think the selectors are working too much for the money given to them, otherwise why should they do the selection exercise after each and every match. Had the selectors been more prudent the Ganguly issue could also have been handled a lot better.
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Somehow I put a low pass filter over all these decisions. Short term decisions can be quite meaningless to the layman. I believe we should criticize after seeing long term decisions.
Reg. having them in the squad just for the nets, why not? I heard VRV Singh beat Sachin with pace in the nets. That would ofcourse build the confidence up and at the sametime the team thinktank can see the players upclose and nurture them.
Reg. Raina not being selected, it has been consistent with the best team for the match and the pitch strategy. Mohali is a seaming wicket on the first 2 day mornings and then a turner. And Indians need to have 5 bowlers to win a test match(we saw that in the first test and in pak). And the 5 batsmen that get picked are Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid, Yuvi, Jaffer. All in form guys. May be Raina would have come in place of Jaffer. But Jaffer has been nurtured for the opening slot. So, it is not as stupid as you see it. Raina will feature in the future anyway.
Ofcourse, I don't have an explanation for Munaf Patel's coming in after a match. They did something similar with Ganguly, didn't they?. Probably external pressures.
I somehow believe that the way we reach an end is as important as the end itself. So the spirit behind long term decisions and short term decisions should at least be consistent.
I have heard (from some commentators) that no amount of net practice is equivalent to an actual match - even though you beat the master at the nets.
If a player is chosen just to learn from playing in the nets, the logic behind dropping him based on the pitch does not make sense. Whatever be the conditions of the pitch, our teams should be selected for an entire series and not for a single match.
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