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'You Talk About the Richest Cricket Board in the World, Where is the...': Dilip Vengsarkar Takes Dig At BCCI 

image-lj2drpgoVengsarkar has criticised the BCCI and Team India [AP Photos]

Since the past several ICC events, India's team selection have been in question by former players, critics, and fans. Since Virat Kohli's captaincy tenure came to an abrupt end, Rohit Sharma has been named India's all-format skipper, however, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have chopped and changed several vice-captains during this time frame.

With India's recent loss in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023, calls for Sharma's dismissal are gaining noise, with the Cricket World Cup 2023 just months away.

Former India batter Dilip Vengsarkar has given his opinion of the lack of captaincy options for India moving forward. Speaking to Hindustan Times, Vengsarkar lashed out at BCCI national selectors for being unable to groom future captains with a long-term plan. 

Here's what Vengsarkar said

“The unfortunate part is that the selectors I have seen over the last six-seven years neither have the vision, deep knowledge about the game, or cricketing sense. They made Shikhar Dhawan India captain (when tours overlapped and main players were unavailable); it is where you can groom the future captain,

The former chief selector also took a dig at BCCI for focusing on broadcasting and other rights, but not on the future of Team India.

"You haven’t groomed anybody. You just play as it comes. You talk about the richest cricket board in the world, where is the bench strength? Just having IPL, earning crores of rupees in media rights, it should not be the only achievement,”

India's next international assignment will be against West Indies in the Caribbean next month, with several changes expected across all formats. 

Notably, the men's national senior selection committee has been working under a four-member panel rather than the five-mandatory members for a while now.