Former India captain and BCCI President Dilip Vengsarkar heavily criticized the board and the Indian team management for not thinking of the future and not grooming a new captain after Rohit Sharma.
Giving his opinion on the BCCI selection committee, India great Dilip Vengsarkar took a swipe, suggesting some of the selectors in the part neither had the vision, nor deep knowledge of what they were doing.
He pointed out how Shikhar Dhawan was named captain of the side when tours overlapped. In 2021, most of the senior India team members were on a tour of England and then BCCI sent a newbie team to Sri Lanka for a new-ball series and named Shikhar Dhawan as the captain.
"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," Vengsarkar told Hindustan Times.
Vengsarkar expressed his dissatisfaction at the selectors' failure to develop anyone for the captaincy of the Indian squad. He also took a dig at the BCCI, claiming that just having an Indian Premier League wouldn't be sufficient.
"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 said.
There is no clarity over who would be Rohit Sharma’s successor once the 36-year-old calls time on his career. Currently, Rohit leads the side in Tests and ODIs, while Hardik Pandya holds the reins of the T20I team.
