Senior players may be called to give their views

NEW DELHI: The Cricket Board may call a few senior players of the Indian cricket team to "give their views" on the World Cup debacle after discussing in detail the reports of coach Greg Chappell and manager Sanjay Jagdale.

As reports of a rift between the senior players and coach Chappell continued to come out in the aftermath of the World Cup fiasco, the BCCI said it would give a "fair hearing" to every one before deciding the future course of action.

"We will first discuss the world Cup reports submitted by Chappell and Jagdale in detail alongwith former Indian captains. If the need arises, we will definitely call senior players to hear their version", BCCI joint secretary M P Pandove said on Tuesday.
Pandove said the BCCI will have separate interactions with Chappell, Jagdale and captain Rahul Dravid on April 6.

"The opinion and assessment of the former captains will also play an important role. We will analyse everything properly before taking any decision", he said.

Pandove dismissed media reports of a rift in the team as "mere speculation" and said the BCCI will only take note of the reports of Chappell and Jagdale.

"There are a lot of things appearing in the media. As far as we are concerned, we will go by the contents of the reports", he added.