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Ganguly will get his answer after the series: Vengsarkar

Mumbai: The former Chairman of the Selection Committee, Dilip Vengsarkar, on Friday said he would refrain from responding to Sourav Ganguly’s outburst against the selectors till the end of the current series against Australia as it could divert the team’s focus.

“I won’t answer him now as this is not the right time because India is in the middle of a Test series (against Australia) and it might affect the focus of the team,” Vengsarkar said.

“But I will definitely answer him after the series is over. He will get more than what he has asked for,” he added.

Ganguly hit out at the selectors for the way he was treated and said he decided to retire to save himself the humiliation of being treated as the “sacrificial goat” all the time.

“There is no point playing like this. I am not willing to play at their (selectors’) mercy. They will pick you now and then dump you. Why should I be the sacrificial goat all the time? It was difficult to accept,” Ganguly had said.

Vengsarkar also said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would look into the matter and find out what Ganguly had told the Bengali daily.

“All I had said yesterday (to a TV channel) is that if he had said anything (on selection), the BCCI will look into it,” he said.

A news channel in a press release late on Thursday quoted Vengsarkar as saying, “Sourav should stay away from making any statements when he is playing as it will create unnecessary controversies.”

He also said: “BCCI should take some strict action against this as such statements are needless and can affect the morale and spirit of the whole squad.” — PTI

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