INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: 48 hours after a sting operation by a private news channel saw him make several loose comments, BCCI's chief selector Chetan Sharma
on Friday resigned from his post
"His position became untenable
He had to go," a BCCI official told TOI.In a sting operation by Zee News, which was aired on Tuesday, February 14, Sharma, a former India
pacer who played 23 Tests and 65 ODIs in which he picked 128 wickets, had allegedly made some bizarre comments about Virat Kohli, Rohit
Sharma, Hardik Pandya, former Indian captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and several other Indian players.After sting operation
fiasco, Chetan Sharma resigns as BCCI chief selectorThe 57-year-old revealed behind the scenes talk like team selection, his internal
discussions with India coach Rahul Dravid and Kohli and spoke about the alleged rift between Kohli and Ganguly
He also said that a lot of the Indian cricketers use injections when they are 80-85% to speed up their return to international cricket
Sharma also revealed that he had differences with the team management over injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah's return from a stress fracture for
the T20I series against Australia in September.Sharma had been reinstated as chief selector in January this year after the BCCI had sacked
India's selection panel now comprises Salil Ankola, SS Das, Subroto Banerjee and S Sharath
The BCCI is likely to appoint a new chairman of the selection committee soon.
