Former India international Farokh Engineer has slammed the
current BCCI selection committee questioning their credentials and stature.
“We have got a Mickey Mouse selection committee,” Engineer
told The Times of India. “But how are the selectors qualified? Between them,
have they played about 10-12 Test matches. I didn’t even know one of the
selectors during the World Cup and I asked him ‘who the hell he was’, because
he was wearing the India blazer and he said he was one of the selectors. All
they were doing was getting Anushka Sharma (Kohli’s wife) cups of tea.”
This comment has been taken on Twitter where users are trolling Anushka Sharma using #AnushkaSharma hash tag. On a serious tone too, there are many reasons why fans have right to object.
Anushka Sharma distracts our cricketers by bonding with captain during official foreign tours. She should have Kohli at home during non-cricket days, but no need to chase him during official tours. In all group photos, often posted by Virat Kohli himself, Captain Kolhi is seen with wife Anushka Sharma while rest of the team are within themselves. It is insensitive and abuse of power. Captain is still part of the team, not some dictator that he would get special privilege to sport his wife while rest of the team live alone.
If you follow the twitter feed as well as trending news about Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma would appear in about 50% threads. Brand Virat Kohli is as much about Anushka Sharma as much about Cricket. This at one hand is nowhere posing as a role-model for Sportspersons as well as appears like abuse of power most of the time. People would of course notice such things but would speak only at such events like today, when Anushka Sharma has been named by Farokh Engineer.
At the same time, Farokh Engineer's comment on the competency of selection committee should be taken seriously. I was very surprised when India lost the World Cup recently due to selection committee's and Virat Kohli's incompetency in being sure about people and their number in final 11, we still did not take any action against them. All such instances indicate that Cricket is being driven by politics today, than talent.
It is high time the current status of selection committee's non-sense decisions and having no accountability should be changed. And film-celebrities like Anushka Sharma should be told not to interfere with the spirit of the game.
