BCCI promises 'corrective measures' after Down Under debacle
New Delhi | Saturday, Jan 28 2012 IST
 

The Board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today promised corrective measures , in the wake of the second successive whitewash after the Indian side was routed 0-4 in the Test series against Australia. The board has apparently come under severe criticism from various quarters after the dismal batting performance of the senior batsman throughout the series, raising questions on the future of India s ageing batting heroes. India lost the fourth Test by 298 runs in Adelaide, completing an eighth consecutive Test loss on foreign soil and second successive series whitewash abroad. Struggling to explain the debacle, senior BCCI functionary Rajiv Shukla conceded, We haven t performed well, everyone accepted that...the Australians played very well and we all recognise that. We are equally concerned and certainly corrective measures will be taken. Shukla, also the IPL chairman, pinned his hopes on the ODI tri-series, also featuring Sri Lanka, starting February 5. He hoped that the team would script a recovery in the shorter format. ...we hope that we will do well in the ODI series, the BCCI President has also expressed this feeling. We are quite optimistic about the ODI series. Sometimes it happens, our top batsmen were not in form. We should accept this fact, Shukla said. Asked why the promised corrective measures did not come about when a similar humiliation happened in England last year, Shukla retorted, ...corrective measures were taken. That s why we could beat them 5-0 on our soil. We beat West Indies also but the problem is that everybody forgets about the series we win and remember the series we lose. Shukla, however, refused to comment on the future of the struggling senior players, including the likes of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and most notably the batting trio of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, saying that remains in the hands of selectors. That is the selectors domain. We can t comment on that. whatever they decide, we would accept that. It s the job of selectors to decide about captain. Whatever anybody has said in a press conference does not mean anything to us unless it is communicated officially, he said. On whether the Board is unhappy with the way things are going under new coach Duncan Fletcher, Shukla said, There is no such things. We are not disappointed. UNI TBA NNNN

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