Bengal seamer hits out against national selector
'I don't have a chance to play for India' - Bose
Cricinfo staff
December 14, 2007
Ranadeb Bose has lashed out against national selector Ranjib Biswal for suggesting he was not quick enough. Biswal, the East Zone selector in the five-member committee, said recently that it was tough to "fight" for Bose because the team management believes he "is almost as slow as Dada (Sourav Ganguly).
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This is sad that India have chosen to go with unproven domestic performers rather than someone who has done it year in, year out for the past half dozen years. India must look to reduce the void between domestic and international cricket so that you should merely judge season-long performances rather than having to hydge a player based on something like pace but this is not the case anywhere outside Australia.
I agree that there should be some sort of minimum pace, but of only around 120kph but Bose claims that he is bowling faster than that and if that is the case, the selectors have a lot to answer for. It is unacceptable that once someone has been dropped for lack of pace, he increases it and is still ignored. Based on the current injury crisis and Bose's last Ranji Trophy season in which he took 58 wickets at 15.22, he should have played a Test match by now or at very least been in the Australia squad.