[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Chetan Sharma, the head of India’s cricket selection committee, resigned on Friday, an official told AFP, after a TV network sting exposed him to allegations of player slander and the widespread use of illegal injections to pass fitness tests.
In a candid interview captured on a hidden camera and broadcast by broadcaster Zee News, the 57-year-old accused former captain Virat Kohli and former cricket board president Sourav Ganguly of having an ego conflict. Sharma claimed that although Kohli believed Ganguly had forced him out of the white-ball captaincy, he still felt “larger than the board” and slighted as a result.
Without providing any additional information, Sharma asserted that doctors working without the cricket board’s approval regularly administered injections to Indian international players to help them pass fitness tests for selection.
Under condition of anonymity, a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official told AFP, “He has submitted his resignation and it has been accepted.” Sharma’s job had “become untenable” following the sting, according to an unnamed BCCI official quoted by the Press Trust of India. The official was quoted by PTI as stating, “He left freely and wasn’t asked to resign.”
When the BCCI fired the whole selection panel in the wake of India’s disastrous T20 World Cup performance in 2018, Sharma was reappointed as chief selector in January. He had previously been appointed in late 2020. In 1987, the former right-arm medium pacer, who played for India on the international stage until 1994, became the first player to capture three wickets in a Cricket World Cup. His departure occurs during a busy time for the international calendar, as India is expected to host the ODI World Cup starting in November and the World Test Championship in July.
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