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Former Indian Cricket Board president Sourav Ganguly has come up with a criticism of the current regime of Indian cricket. He went on lash out at the management for appointing the senior batter Ajinkya Rahane as vice-captain for the Test series against West Indies. Subsequently, he also went on to advocate for the star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja to be the vice-captain on the Test setup of the Indian Team.
"I don't understand the thought process behind making Rahane Vice Captain again. There's Jadeja, who is a certainty in Tests, he is a candidate. But to just come back and straightway becomes VC after 18 months, I don't understand,” said Ganguly to PTI.
Although this statement from the former Indian skipper and former Board president didn’t go down well with a section of the Indian cricket fans. They immediately took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and came up with the trolling remarks for Ganguly.
Some of the fans also recalled the time when the 50-year-old was chief of the Indian Cricket Board; they also blamed him for not doing anything productive for Indian cricket during his tenure.
Here’s how fans reacted:
In logon ko tab kya ho jaata when they actually hold some post , saara gyaan uske baad hi kyun aata hai when they are nobody
— Raazi (@Rg86037221) June 29, 2023
Jadeja ko itna bhav dete kyu ho
— Devenphulwariya Live (@devenphulwariya) June 30, 2023
We all saw what happened at CSK when Jadeja was made captain.
— 卄卂尺丨ㄖ爪 🇮🇳 🌈 (@__gurudas) June 29, 2023
He is a world class player but not captain material.
Even we don’t have any clue on what is happening with Indian cricket team and board. We couldn’t able to understand many things but you are curious about Rahane VC. Rahane selection is not a big deal as he used to be a VC in Indias Test team.
— CriiicWorld (@Criiicworld) June 29, 2023
Many unanswered question are there…
Vice captain needs to have leadership skills. Jadeja is a champion cricketer but not captain material, how can you make him VC just because of his certain place in the side. Rahane has to be the VC if he is playing. Whether he should be in the team or not is the question.
— Cricket-Sanket 🏏 (@awesomesanket) June 29, 2023
Even former BCCI president doesn't understand. That's tells how badly it needs rewamp.
— Pichaa Paati (@Pichaa_paati) June 29, 2023
BCCI has become a joke recently
— Shubman Gang (@ShubmanGang) June 29, 2023
He don't understand the thought process because it does not exist.
— The 12th Man (@dixitd) June 30, 2023
Ganguly himself created this chaos. He compelled Kohli to step down when India wasn’t even ready with a new captain especially in test cricket. Now that he is out of the picture, he is criticising the system which he was a part of short while ago.
— Sarvesh Deshpande (@sarrubhaiambani) June 29, 2023
Rahane was the best captain India never had.
— Raajesh Menon (@NeighsGhoda) June 29, 2023
Sometimes leadership decisions can be puzzling, and Sourav Ganguly's confusion about Ajinkya Rahane's reinstatement as Vice Captain is understandable. With players like Jadeja in the mix, it raises some questions.
— richie.lens 🇨🇦 (@richieledner51) June 29, 2023
All the mess in ICT happened because of you 🤦🤦🤦
— Srinath_18 (@Srinath26541) June 29, 2023
Notably, Rahane has been in amazing batting form during the last year in domestic cricket followed by his heroics in the Indian Premier League 2023. Rahane was also the highest run-scorer for Team India when the rest of the batting lineup failed during the World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia.
Talking about India’s tour of the West Indies, they will lock horns with the Caribbean side in the first of the two-match Test series at Dominica on the 12th of July 2023. Apart from the two-match Test series, the men in blue under the captaincy of regular skipper Rohit Sharma, will also play a three-match ODI series against West Indies.
Just after the conclusion of the West Indies tour, Rohit Sharma’s men will be in action during the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. Team India will be playing the 16th edition of this continental tournament in Sri Lanka which will be officially hosted by Pakistan.