Delhi Cricket sacked the selectors after the team’s innings loss to Saurashtra

The other two sacked selectors are Mayank Sidhana and Anil Bhardwaj.

The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) dismissed the selectors hours after DDCA president Rohan Jaitley, in a letter to the Apex Council members and the CAC, accused the Khoda-led selection committee of showing little commitment to Delhi cricket.

DDCA Director Shyam Sharma confirmed that the selectors were asked to leave. “The CAC dismissed the selection committee today,” Sharma told The Indian Express.

Four matches, two points and seventh place among 8 teams in the Group B points table means Delhi are facing possible relegation.

Things had turned ugly with the infighting of the selection committee and also the walkout. Cutting and changing the team and injuries have not helped. Questions have also been raised about injury management and the players’ fitness. Jaitley, who himself wanted to bring selectors from outside the state for the season, like Khoda from Rajasthan, seems to have quickly lost patience and shifted responsibility when things got out of hand.

“Despite giving a free hand and giving full support, I am pained to note that the selection committee has not done anything good for the Delhi players in general and the Delhi team in particular. There is an absolute lack of planning in Delhi Cricket which can be seen in its outlook especially in terms of vision and future course as discussed and planned to achieve the long term goals set by the management which aims to bring back the lost. Glory of Delhi Cricket. It is unfortunate that the selection board has shown little commitment to the same, Jaitley wrote in his letter, seen by The Indian Express.

Jaitley’s letter came a day after Mayank Sidana, a senior team and under-25 Delhi selector, staged a walkout from the meeting after selectors’ group chairman Khoda and secretary Siddharth Sahib Singh were forced to fall.

Khoda blamed Sidana for the rift among the selection committee members.

I have never played in Delhi and I am a person with no agenda. But when I saw him (Sidana) taking only one name repeatedly, it amused me and others in the meeting. I don’t understand why he walked out,” Khoda, a former national selector, told The Indian Express.

Former Delhi batsman and coach KP Bhaskar has blamed the politics of non-Delhi selectors and lack of continuity in the playing XI for Delhi’s abysmal season.

How can you pick selectors who know nothing about Delhi cricket? I don’t accept this theory of calling selectors from outside. One has played his cricket in Rajasthan, the other has played in Punjab, Bhaskar, who played 95 first-class matches for Delhi and coached the team to the finals in the 2017-18 season, told this magazine.

In response to CAC chairman Rohan Jaitley’s email, Nikhil Chopra has called the selectors’ behavior appalling and suggested disbanding the men’s selection committee immediately.

It’s shocking how the selectors talk to the press about the selection, which I think is a big no no. Mr. Gursharan Singh, Member CAC has attended the selection committee meetings as our observer and he informs me that the selection committee (currently Sr. Mens) is working in a totally unprofessional manner, Chopra, a former Indian player, wrote to Jaitley.

At this time, keeping in mind the interest of Delhi Cricket, we propose to dissolve the Men’s Selection Committee with immediate effect. Until we find a suitable replacement and do further research, CAC will take care of Sr. About the activities of the Mens Selection Committee with contributions from TEG.

Also, the performance of the Ranji team is quite disappointing. We estimate Sr. Chief Coach’s contribution for the time being and we can also suggest suitable measures.

Brief scores: Delhi 133 for 227 in 63.5 overs (Ayush Badoni 40, Hrithik Shokeen 51; Yuvrajsinh Dodiya 5/91) lost to Saurashtra 574 for 8 in 147.2 overs