{"id":4562,"date":"2008-09-09T05:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2008-09-09T05:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T00:01:00","slug":"the-dinda-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-dinda-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dinda Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"
An article on Cricinfo<\/a> about Sourav Ganguly being dropped from the Rest of India side for the Irani Trophy contains the following words:<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ashok Dinda, the Bengal medium-pacer, got a surprise call-up to the squad…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Surprise? It ain’t no surprise to me, given the kind of horse trading that happens on zonal considerations. One east zone man, Ganguly, got dropped; compensation was due. And since Ganguly was replaced by Mohammad Kaif, I’d wager that the central zone selector supported the east zone selector on picking Dinda.<\/p>\n This kind of horse-trading happens when it comes to picking the marginal spots in a squad, the four or five players left after the certainties are picked. Dinda bowled well in the IPL, and I hope he makes the most of this chance. But I absolutely hate the zonal system of selection. And I remember<\/a> what Sharad Pawar, the president of the BCCI, said on the subject<\/a> a couple of years ago:<\/p>\n If I have to change the zonal system, I have to amend the constitution. And ultimately if I have to amend the constitution, then I have to get support from zonal representatives. (Laughs).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Who would cut the branch he sits on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An article on Cricinfo<\/a> about Sourav Ganguly being dropped from the Rest of India side for the Irani Trophy contains the following words:<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ashok Dinda, the Bengal medium-pacer, got a surprise call-up to the squad…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Surprise? It ain’t no surprise to me, given the kind of horse trading that happens on zonal considerations. One east zone man, Ganguly, got dropped; compensation was due. And since Ganguly was replaced by Mohammad Kaif, I’d wager that the central zone selector supported the east zone selector on picking Dinda.<\/p>\n This kind of horse-trading happens when it comes to picking the marginal spots in a squad, the four or five places left after the certainties are picked. Dinda bowled well in the IPL, and I hope he makes the most of this chance. But I absolutely hate the zonal system of selection. And I remember<\/a> what Sharad Pawar, the president of the BCCI, said on the subject<\/a> a couple of years ago:<\/p>\n If I have to change the zonal system, I have to amend the constitution. And ultimately if I have to amend the constitution, then I have to get support from zonal representatives. (Laughs).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Who would cut the branch he sits on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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