Cricket selection left to “jokers”?

Almost 20 years ago, when Mohinder (Jimmy) Amarnath called the then group of selectors of the BCCI, a “bunch of jokers”, he made history. Nobody in his right mind would dare take on the powerful cricketing establishment that is the BCCI. And yet, Mohinder did exactly that, to protest his exclusion from the team that, ironically enough, was to tour Australia (if memory serves me right).

Rahul Dravid is too much of a gentleman to give vent to his emotions- although in private, I am sure he does not disagree with Amarnath’s 1988 assessment.

This malaise of labeling selectors as “jokers” seems to be spreading. The latest is Marvan Atapattu of Sri Lanka, who refers to the Sri Lankan selectors as “muppets” and the Chairman of the committee as a “joker”.

With so many “jokers” around, I wonder who will have the last laugh?!