Krishnamachari Srikanth, A Passionate Cricketor, At the Helm of Affairs

Krishnamachari Srikanth hails from an orthodaxODI and the traditional test matches. Srikanth, being
Brahmin family in south Madras. He was stoutlyan old stalwart in cricket, is familiar with all the three
opposed and even thrashed by his father in hisformats of the game. He has also first hand
childhood days for playing cricket by neglecting hisknowledge about the twenty twenty cricket by
studies.He has been appointed by the Board ofvirtue of his association with Chennai Super Kings
Cricket Control in India as the Chairman of thecricket team as its grand ambassador.
National Selection committee on 27/09/2008.Considering the present set up of the Indian Test
K.Srikanth has many credentials for his appointment.team, Srikanth's task is rather onerous. An aging
He has a passion for cricket.He is known for hiscaptain in Anil Kumble, the problem of dealing with
forthright comments, views and criticism about thethe fabulous but aging four players like Sachin,
players. He used to critically analyse the cricketDravid,V.V.S.Laxman and Ganguly, choosing a right
teams for their performance in a cricket matchcaptain for all the three formats of the game,
judging them according to their merits. He is unbiased,choosing a right and balanced team for the
a beautiful commentator and a good columnist. Heforthcoming India-Australia Home test cricket series
has got his own web site to dwell upon cricket. Heare the burning problems or issues that need his
was one of the 'Kapils Devils' when India won theimmediate attention. Srikanth has to pay more
cricket world cup in the year 1983. He was the topattention to the aging quartet. Not getting overawed
scorer with 38 runs, when India got out for a paltryby their past achievements Srikanth has to take a
score of 187. He is presently brand ambassador offirm decision of either selecting or omitting them
Chennai Super Kings, the twenty twenty cricketconsidering their present form, physical fitness etc.
team from Chennai. He led the Indian cricket team asSrikanth should not forget that Dilip Vengsarkars'
captain of India in the test series played betweenpolicy of picking up the youngsters and grooming
India and Pakistan in the late 80's. It was under histhem has paid rich dividends both in the twenty
captaincy Sachin Tendulkar made his debut as a 16twenty and ODI formats of the game and
year old kid. Hence Srikanth has always been anmaintaining status quo in this regard may not be
ardent admirer of Sachin Tendulkar. Srikanth, whounwise. He needs to pay attention so as to give
had turned down an offer of Chairmanship earlier inrepresentation to all states but he should see that no
the year 2000, has now accepted the offer.candidate gets selected without real merit. Instead of
K.Srikanth has been appointed as the chairman of theimposing a heavy burden upon M.S.Dhoni, the mantle
cricket selection committee in a rather difficultof test captaincy may be given to some other
background and circumstances. The India-Australiaplayer. Above all he should see that utmost discipline
home test series is on the card and the Australianis enforced among players, especially during test
team has already arrived with the aim of retainingmatches without giving any room for laxity.
the Gavaskar-Border Trophy in the forthcoming TestTaking all the above aspects into account, let us
series. Indian cricket board is rich in resources.Indiahope, that K.Srikanth as a former test and ODI
has been in fact hailed and elevated as the homecricket veteran will render justice to his post,
ground of cricket. Now cricket has three formats inelevating the Indian cricket team to a higher plane.
the game namely limited overs twenty twenty game,