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Indian cricket is caught in a quagmire after the team was rubbed into the green turf dirt at The Oval in the ICC Test Championship final on Sunday. To say this is a period of mourning for Indian cricket fans would be stating the obvious. However, for the thick-skinned officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the lousy captain Rohit Sharma, they seem least affected.
One would have thought, at least for the sake of faking it, the BCCI would have come up with some kind of a media statement. No, their focus is on money and more money, how they can milk the ICC World Cup in October/November. Perhaps, in no other country would this eerie silence be accepted where Team India has made fans cry. It was an abject surrender, the blame for which should go to Rohit and coach Rahul Dravid.
To make things even more of a mockery, the man who is giving TV interviews and smiling is Dada Sourav Ganguly. This is the same slimy Ganguly who was responsible for the ouster of Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri in 2021.
It is the same Ganguly who ensured Dravid would take over as coach, even though the Bengaluru man was initially averse to it. Dada is now waxing eloquently on TV as he no longer has any role to play in the BCCI. He is a master politician, having cooked the goose of Ricky Ponting as well in Delhi Capitals, a team which makes many IPL fans cry.
BCCI is lousier than Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma (Image via Twitter)If what the grapevine says is true, the BCCI seems on the back foot right now, with regard to sacking Rohit and Dravid. The reason is they are unsure of what to do in a situation where performances have been pathetic. Add to it the list of names on the injured list, it seems by default and not design Rohit could continue as Test skipper for the short series in West Indies.
To be sure, the BCCI is keeping mum outwardly though the flak they have got from former greats including Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri is reason enough to press the panic button. Truth to tell, Rohit Sharma does not even deserve a place in the Test team. His performances are lacklustre and he has no skills in bringing the best out of the team. That was evident in the testing Test at The Oval.
However, one has to look ahead and nudge the BCCI to take action. They need to answer Indian fans. Had Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant been fit, the captaincy conundrum would not be there. Add to it the injuries to KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer, captaincy is in Rohit’s hands, wrongly. Yet, if there is a method in the madness, the captain must change. To think there is none else to lead is a mistake. For the record, before the back injury, Bumrah was vice-captain.
Ajinkya Rahane can easily share the responsibility with R Ashwin
Ajinkya Rahane and R Ashwin (Image via IndianExpress)Indian cricket has seen how Ajinkya Rahane led from the front whenever needed in the past. The time has come when he should be handed Test captaincy till such time as Bumrah or Pant is fully fit. Rahane has handled the Test captaincy load many times in the past, with his leadership at Gabba, known as Gabbatoir in 2021, still fresh in memory.
Rahane is cool, mature, and not controversial. The sad part is, he has been humble and humane. And that is why he has got a raw deal like R. Ashwin. To say that Ashwin and Rahane are old would be wrong. They are as fit as Rohit (pun intended) or even more fit for sure. Then again, it could make a great combo to have Rahane and Ashwin as captain and vice-captain for a year or so. As performers on the field in red-ball cricket, they still matter. Sadly, Ashwin was a victim of the whims and fancies of Rohit and Dravid which saw him sit out of The Oval.
Those who think appointing men past their mid-30s as leaders is wrong need a reality check. The kind of fitness woes which have ravaged the younger players like Bumrah, Shreyas and KL Rahul is crazy. Sadly, Pant was injured in a major car accident in December 2022. He should be fit by 2024.
Pay heed to the public views, BCCI!
Jay Shah (L) and Roger Binny (R) (Image via Twitter)In the good old days, when England had Mike Brearley as captain, it was a cerebral decision. He led because of his managing skills and not his own batting. If the Indian Test team needs restructuring, then the two men who can handle the responsibility of leadership and deputy are Rahane and Ashwin. They have the pedigree and the credentials. One is a batter with aura and authenticity while Ashwin’s wily off-spin marks him out as a great thinker.
In the absence of a full-time chairman of the selection committee after the exit of Chetan Sharma, the BCCI has treated Indian cricket shabbily. Perhaps, the BCCI president without a voice, Roger Binny, and secretary Jay Shah, better off as a businessman, need to hear public views on who should lead the Test side. How about Rahane and Ashwin?
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