Selectors mum on Badrinath's exclusion
Posted on Aug 08, 2008 at 10:42 | Updated Aug 08, 2008 at 17:34
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Mumbai: One of the most prolific scorers in domestic cricket over the last few seasons and the captain of the India-A team to Australia during the Emerging Players Tournament, S Badrinath, wondered what more he could have done to impress the Indian selectors, even as one of them refused to comment on the issue terming the selection committee meetings as 'confidential'.
"I don’t know what Badrinath has told the media but I can’t discuss the outcome of the selection meeting with the press because it is 'confidential' and not for the public," Bhupendra Singh (Sr), the selector from North Zone, told Cricketnext.com on Friday.
A disappointed Badrinath, who feels he has been dealt a raw deal by the selectors, had lashed out in the media that despite scoring heavily during the India-A tours to Australia and South Africa and despite being the second top scorer in domestic cricket, behind Gautam Gambhir last season, he didn't get a chance to represent his country.
"Forget about the performance during the Emerging Players Tournament. Even before that I scored heavily during India-A series against Australia and South Africa and the only player to have done better than me in domestic competition was Gautam Gambhir," Badrinath said.
"It baffled me when Manoj Tiwary went to Australia. But still I kept my cool. Now it is Virat Kohli. This is really going nowhere. None of the selectors have told me where I stand. They should allow me to fail by picking me in the side. If I am unable to prove my worth, I will be a fringe player all my life," he dared the selectors.
Badrinath has a point here as he has averaged 66.00 from 12 first class matches with four centuries (highest 200 not out) and three fifties for a total of 990 runs last season. In Ranji Trophy, he has an average of 65.90 from seven matches playing for Tamil Nadu.
Badrinath’s frustration is quite understandable as his efforts during the Emerging Players Tournament were better than the player who got the nod in the Indian One-Day team - Virat Kohli.
Badrinath scored two match-winning knocks of 83 and 37 while Kohli had one score of 120. Even during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Badrinath performed better than Kohli in the limited chances he got.
Delhi lad Kohli himself expressed surprise on being selected for the five-match One-Day series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in September when he spoke to Cricketnext.com on Thursday after the selectors announced the two teams.
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Posted By vishnu
Give him a proper chance he his very good fielder and a proper Tamil player he can play aggressive like
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Posted By Bill
It is all about M P â\" M stands for Money/Member and P stands for Power/Politics/Parliament. Badrinath and Monoj should
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Posted By murali ganesh
Being south indian espicially Tamilnadu is his big mistake. badri should start thinking to play in teams like baroda or
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Posted By Nirmal raj
The selectors should say the reason for exclusion of badrinath else they themselves prove that they show partiality which may
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Posted By ratnesh
these type of tactics by indian selectors would infuse bad blood into the youngsters who might think of joining the
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