Its great news that Srikkanth has been recommended to be the chairman of the senior selection panel. Srikkanth's playing days were just dynamic and sparkling with all the slam bang stuff on and off the field. One stroke that still stays fresh in almost all the cricket lovers eyes is the square drive he hit in the 1983 worldcup finals which stunned the world with such class.
Fondly called as Cheeka in the cricketing circles and a player who re-defined the way cricket was played in the early 80s with his slam bang hitting in the early overs. He was instrumental in transforming the ODI games into high scoring contests with big hitting in first 15 overs.
Srikkanth was instrumental in shaping up the greatest player the world has ever sean in Sachin, Sachin made his debut under srikkath captaincy and the captain shared his dressing room with the youngest player on the tour and made the youngster comfortable in the tour against pakistan in pakistan. He was also the first captain to rebal against the BCCI for better treatment and payment for the cricketers and he never captained the side again inspit of the test series was the first drawn series in pakistan.
We cricket lovers will miss the comments from the true cricketer who has never worried about coming out with the facts and pointing fingers on failures even if it was the top bross of the BCCI or the top cricketers. Since he is a paid selector of the BCCI, i am sure he will not be allowed to talk much but i am sure he will do justice to the great expectations of the people of India in grouming a top class Indian Cricket Team. Srikkanth has never encouraged half backed cricketers here in tamilnadu and i am sure he will not encourage that in the senior selection too.
Srikkanth has been very much in touch with cricket with his involment with the junior teams and the IPL (CSK) and he knows who is who and who performs in the domestic cricket and has the quality of picking the right talent.
Golden chance for the TN cricketers, if some one performs well, here is the chairman of selctors in your home city to take note of that and take your case to the selection panel. If our state cricketers continue to perform well in domestic tournament but fail to perform against quality visiting teams there is no way he can push their case with the selection panel. We have had lot of selectors from TN in the past but have never helped in the selction process as they have been too diplomatic and wanted to stick to the job but i am sure cheeka is different and i know he will fight to bring in good talent and even go to the extent of quiting if injustice is done for good performers. Great time for TN cricketers, please amke use of the rare chance that comes your way.
Lets hope Srikkanth brings back the great team combination that works as a team to acheive great heights. Good Luck Cheeka.
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@Vasu, I think the selection committee chaired by Vengsarkar has done a great job so far. They were at the helm in a very crunch situation of the Indian cricket. They were in a position to take some crucial decisions regarding the senior cricketers, which they did very boldly. They have identified lots of young talents in the past couple of year, the bench strength of the Indian team in very strong like never before. Now its the responsibility of the newly appointed team to carry forward this good work. They will have to come up with the right mix of players to achieve WC in 2011. All the best Cheeka!!
Yes, they did a brilliant job and i agree that we have not had such good bench strength.
It will be interesting to see how Cheeka handles the seniors (Gangully in purticular), Cheeka has been supporting openly for the senior players in the past and has lot of respect to Sachin,Dravid,Gangully & Kumble. At the same time he also needs to take bold decisions but since he is from down south, i am sure he will not have full support from the board top guys. He has to handle the pressure better than Vengsarkar as he had the backing of the board to pick his team.
Yes Vasu.. as u told, Cheeka has to be bold and make sure that his decision doesnot have any political influence. Initially, he will find it difficult to make a decision, due to the geographical politics prevailing in our system. He has to come through it. And if he does it successfully, it will be a good news for the team. Lets c how he fares.
And regarding dealing the senior players, he should remain to the ground and make a sensible decision thinking on the grounds of which will help the team better rather than their personal relationship.
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