FORMER CRICKETER SLAMS BCCI, RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT VIRAT KOHLI; FANS UPSET

After Team India's unexpected exit from World Cup 2019, renowned former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar has slammed the BCCI selection committee and also questioned the way captain Virat Kohli is getting to choose his team.

In a recent column for Mid-Day, Gavaskar has questioned the way the selection committee chose the team for the upcoming tour of West Indies. He has also questioned why Virat Kohli has continued in his position as skipper even after his appointment ended post the World Cup.

"They selected the team for West Indies without first having a meeting to select the captain brings up the question of whether Virat Kohli is the captain of the team at his or the selection committee's pleasure," Gavaskar wrote in his column for Mid-Day.

"To the best of our knowledge his (Kohli's) appointment was till the World Cup. After that, it was incumbent on the selectors to meet even if it was for five minutes for his reappointment," he added.

Gavaskar did not stop there, he also criticised the Indian selection committee and termed them "lame ducks". "Speaking of lame ducks, the Indian selection committee appears to be one. After the reappointment, he (captain) gets invited to the meeting for his views on selecting the players for the team," he said.

"By bypassing the procedure, the message that goes out is that while the players like Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik get dropped after below expectation performance, the captain continues despite much below par expectations where the team did not even reach the finals," Gavaskar further added.

As per NDTV sports report, the BCCI selection committee which is led by MSK Prasad has named Kohli as captain of the team for all the three formats for the Windies tour.

Not just that, even Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) said that they will not check or review the performance of the team during the series but will only go with manager's report.