Anurag Thakur upset with Patil’s comments about Tendulkar’s retirement

Anurag Thakur has expressed his disappointment over some of the comments made by former chief selector Sandeep Patil over Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Earlier last week, Patil had revealed a few shocking statements about how the Indian selectors were going to cut Tendulkar loose from the Indian team.

Speaking to PTI about the ordeal, Thakur revealed that it was unprofessional from Patil’s end to make such comments and also stated that his answers were different when he was in the hot seat. Thakur went on to add that Patil should have refrained from making such unethical and unwanted comments.

“Let me make it very clear. Sandeep being a former chairman should not have made these comments. When he was the chairman, he replied differently to the same questions. But after that (his tenure), it was different. It was totally unethical of him to do that,” Thakur told PTI.

“One should refrain from making such unethical and unwanted comments in this area (selection matters). It is because he has been trusted to become the chairman because he has played enough cricket. There were four more selectors with him, they did not say anything. He (Patil) should have avoided that,” the BCCI president said.

Thakur also went on to add that the concerned authorities within the BCCI would get in touch with Patil regarding these sweeping statements and the claims he made. “Right people in the BCCI will speak to him soon.”

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“Any organisation, if they hire him (Patil), will think 10 times that after leaving the organisation, he will speak about the organisation,” he said.

Thakur also went on to add that for the first time, the BCCI had invited applicants for the posts of head coach as well as chief selector. “First time ever, the BCCI openly invited people to apply for the selectors’ job… We can only appoint those who have applied,” he said.