To me he did a good job for two years before being replaced by Srikkanth from south zone. Can you please tell me what shameful things did he do?

god save our cricket.

You call that 36 from Badrinath a composed innings? He did not have a clue about how to counter the extra bounce that Ishant was able to extract from that dusty surface and he was like a cat on hit tin roof. And he doesn’t only have problem against bounce–extra pace leaves him froxen as well.

It was a terrible inning.

I was quite hopeful that Badri will sieze this opportunity. But in the last 3-4 innings that I saw him, ie against Australia A where Tait’s pace terrified him and he played with the bat as if it was a pole in his hand to fend his deliveries and against Ishant where he was like a rabbit in a headlight kind of a situation. When he had to face two quality bowlers of Aus A , Bollinger and Siddle, both of whom are in the Australian squad for BG Trophy, he failed miserably again.

Badrinath is not an international class batsman and I had to admit it after these innings.

I am not sure if that is an automatic corollary, although it does sound plausible in the Indian cricketing context! For example, I can’t think of too many Tamil Nadu players that were given a “leg up” when VB was in charge! In fact, if there is anything that’s against Badrinath at this stage it is Kris Sreekanth’s appointment — he may want to leverage this to make a song-and-dance of his impartiality!

But then, aren’t national selectors supposedly impervious to zonal considerations? Am I missing something?

Mohan