An angry chairman of the cricket board selection committee, Chandu Borde, on Tuesday sought to know under which rules of International Cricket Council such harsh actions had been taken against top Indian players in South Africa. "While action against the Indian players are very severe, I want to know why no action was taken against South African Captain Shaun Pollock (for excessive appealing)," Borde demanded.
As a wave of anger swept through the Indian cricket fraternity over the action, particularly against Sachin Tendulkar, former India captain and manager of the national squad, Ajit Wadekar said, "a boy of his calibre will never do something silly like that. Sachin has always played straight and clean". Former Test player and board functionary Polly Umrigar said the decision was "very harsh, unjust and one-sided".
"On television, it was for everyone to see how things went by. South African team was no exception to appealing. Even Shaun Pollock did it thrice," Umrigar said.
Bureau Report