'But sir unko toh yeh hi achievement lgta hai' - Fans react as former Indian batter Dilip Vengsarkar lashes out at Indian selectors for lacking 'vision

Former Indian cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar has come up with a very hard and fast-lined statement for the Indian selectors and the Indian Cricket Board. Notably, Vengsarkar had also been the chief selector of the Indian Cricket Team in the past. But he didn’t look happy with the way the selectors are approaching the selection of Team India for the last six to seven years.

“The unfortunate part is that the selectors I have seen over the last six-seven years neither have the vision, deep knowledge about the game, or cricketing sense. They made Shikhar Dhawan India captain (when tours overlapped and main players were unavailable); it is where you can groom the future captain,” said Vengsarkar to the Hindustan Times.

“You haven’t groomed anybody. You just play as it comes. You talk about the richest cricket board in the world, where is the bench strength? Just having IPL, earning crores of rupees in media rights, it should not be the only achievement,” he added later.

This statement from the 1983 World Cup winner batter came up as an opportunity for the fans to brutally troll the Indian Cricket Board and Indian selectors for their ignorance towards the talented players for a long period of time.  Fans immediately took to Twitter and came up with some harsh trolling remarks on the micro-blogging site Twitter for Indian Cricket Board and selectors.

Here’s how fans reacted:

but sir unko toh yeh hi achievement lgta hai.

— Jai Kumawat (@JaiKumawat17) June 19, 2023

😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/bVmdUvlvOB

— Abhinav (@realabhinavme) June 19, 2023

This virtual slap should atleast wake up bcci

— ThunderJaw🦖 (@Kamehamehaaaa7) June 19, 2023

he is right. The richest board doesn't have a left arm fast bowler for Tests.

— RDS (@Jpj2021) June 19, 2023

I think he is right, some decisions from selector cost India many 1 or 2 titles, like Rayudu and DK in 2019 WC, no Chahal in 2021 T20 WC, miss handling of Kuldeep Yadav & Samson

— Sultan Khan (@MainHoonSultan7) June 19, 2023

Bench Strength hi toh hai , aabh Bench Strength ko chance hi nahi milega aur County Bully khelta jayega toh kaise chalega

— WTF Cricket (@CricketWtf) June 19, 2023

Agree with him.

— PK (@pankajkakawat) June 19, 2023

Jay shah ko bolo bhai usko hatao yaar. Humari Cricket team Indian cricket team h yaar Gujarat Association ko bada nhi krna h

— Pankaj N@IK (@PankajNIK1) June 19, 2023

Said as only the Colonel can! Vengsarkar and Srikkanth were probably the last truly good selectors.

— anandsriram (@anandsriram) June 19, 2023

Selection committee should be- zaheer, yuvraj, suresh Raina, anil kumble( Chairman), kaif. ...... and importantly, no outside pressure from the central government.

— Aman Vadehra (@AmanVadehra1) June 19, 2023

Bro spitting facts 🥺

— Nikhil🇮🇳 (@nikhil_Xd_7) June 19, 2023

Thank you for speaking out 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

— Abhi Panchal (@iamabhi1909) June 19, 2023

There is bench strength , but all they do is check the strength of the bench on which they sit never maked to XI

— Mohammed Sultan (@SMSultan23) June 19, 2023

Talking about Team India’s recent performances, they faced a humiliating defeat recently in the World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia. The Aussies completely outplayed Rohit Sharma’s men and won the WTC 2023 title clash by a big margin of 209 runs to become the new World Test Champions.

Now, Team India is scheduled to tour West Indies for the upcoming two Tests, three ODIs and five T20Is to be played in the upcoming months of July and August 2023.