Former chief selector of India MSK Prasad responded to Ambati Rayudu’s comments on the 2019 ICC ODI World Cup snub. The Indian selectors went ahead with Vijay Shankar, instead of Ambati Rayudu for the tournament. MSK Prasad expressed that any decision taken regarding the selection is a collective decision of the committee.
In a recent interview, Ambati Rayudu expressed his disappointment at the decision. He stated that only MSK Prasad can answer about his omission from the squad. However, the former chief selector shared that the decision was with the consensus of the whole committee. He said that an individual cannot take a final decision for the committee.
“All of us know that the selection committee has got five selectors and the captain sitting in the selection committee. Will any single person’s decision be taken or is it a consensus or is it an entire collective decision that would be taken? If an individual can take a decision then you don’t require five selectors. So any decision that is taken only happens with the consensus of the entire selection committee. So it is a collective decision. Not an individual decision. I may propose something but somebody else has to accept it. No individual decision will prevail in a committee,” said MSK Prasad in an interview with timesnownews.com.
Nothing happened in 2005: MSK Prasad
Ambati Rayudu also shared that he did not like MSK Prasad’s methods when the latter was the captain of the Andhra Ranji team in 2005. Responding to the comments, MSK Prasad expressed that Rayudu perhaps did not like his captaincy style. He added that he was a strict captain, which might have not gone well with him.
“In fact, I will tell you the truth. Nothing happened in 2005. There are absolutely no differences. See, he says that he might not have liked my style of captaincy. Which is fair no. You can definitely have a difference of opinion. You know that I am strict with everything. I am strict in regiments, strict in fitness, and strict in everything. Probably he might not have liked my routine or something but that is fine,” said MSK Prasad.
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