Fuddy-Duddy does some whitewashing !!

The grand old daddy of them all - BCCI - the very definition of Fuddy-Duddy acts, did some whitewashing - here and there and the usual 'kichidi' job was the end result. Vengsarkar, the superman of Indian selection committee, like many predecessors before him - contradicted himself umpteen times and in the end, we are left with a half boiled effort that in my opinion is not going to anywhere near what is needed. Let me look into the anomalies of all this and let me stir the pot for the post-WC edition, even when the long drawn WC is dragging on.

• It all started with the appointment of Ravi Shastri as manager for the B'desh tour. First of all, if he is even an interim replacement for Greg, then is he not supposed to be a coach? Why fudge and call it as manager? Another BCCI googly, which no one can understand. On the face of it, I welcome Shastri's appointment - he is one of the few who can talk some sense but the state of Indian cricket will require much more than that and as far as his assistants - Venky Prasad and Robin Singh - neither of them in the league of a Sir Richard Hadlee or Johny Rhodes respectively. Both were average cricketers at best and I am not sure what will be their contribution be. The way things are - if they do not do anything- that itself is good since playing politicking, backstabbing, leaks to media and what not have been the order of the day. We have so much additional baggage - another 2 more will not hurt.
• Let us see the other contradictions - Sachin and Saurav 'rested' for the ODI series. Fair enough; but, that decision has to come after the selection meeting and not before. It seems that Vengsarkar had called them before the selection and explained things to them. Ah !! here comes another googly from BCCI functionary.
• Viru is not in the test team and there is no sensible opener for the test team. Well !! another one of those misses - when you write 40 names, something is bound to miss and this seems to be one of them. Form book will of course dictate that Viru is fine in tests but such common sense and our cricket does not go together normally.
• Who is Rajesh Pawar? and why is Murali Karthik not picked - even God can not answer that. Karthik knew the vagaries of Indian selection and decided to make a few bucks by playing in English county cricket/

I can go on and on but I guess the point is made - It is one hodge podge list gleaned out to satisfy the average follower. The expected result here - somehow, India has to salavge something in B'desh and they will want the public to forget the WC disaster and all the other mess so that the moolah raj will return; sponsors will return and the billion rupee telecast rights will begin.(If BCCI is really serious about domestic cricket -why was the current 20-20 tournament not have a telecast? or why was the game not promoted enough to attract spectators? or why was the selection done before the conclusion of the tournament? What was the basis of selection after the WC hara kiri. After all, one has to wait for the tournament to conclude before deciding a few things. Anyway, I have seen stranger stuff than this and nothing will surprise me).