Former Indian batsman and chief selector, Sandeep Patil has made some serious comments on the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). Sandeep Patil has raised questions about the selection process for India’s next coach.

Sandeep said that the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) doesn’t have credentials to pick the Indian coach. CAC has selected Ravi Shastri as the head coach of the Indian team but Patil doesn’t think they are the right people for picking the coach.

He pointed out the fact that the three-man Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman are absolute legends as cricketers but none of them has prior coaching experience.

In a recent interview, Sandeep Patil said: “Sachin, Sourav, and Laxman are absolute legends as players and have done great things for the country, but none of them have coached a team. Do coaches pick umpires and vice-versa?”

The 60-year-old, who has also coached Kenya and Oman in addition to a brief stint with India, took umbrage at the fact that the CAC had not made the coach-announcement on Monday itself. Ganguly had then stated that the committee needed more time and needed to speak to current captain Virat Kohli.

“It’s like passing the buck, and a bit like saying, ‘Look we have identified the next coach and now it’s up to you’. Is this all done to play safe because of the Lodha Panel recommendations?” said Patil.

Sandeep Patil About Ravi Shastri:

Patil admitted that Shastri deserved the job but, “When you are given a job, you must do it fearlessly. It’s not about winning popularity polls. I am proud that as chief selector, my colleagues and I took some very tough and unpopular decisions for which we attracted a lot of criticism. But we did something that made Indian cricket better,” said Patil.

“I have known Ravi for a very long time. He was my room partner during my playing days, he was chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) when I was NCA Director and he was Team Director when I was India’s chief selector, but he’s not exactly a coach.”

He pointed to Gautam Gambhir ‘s statement last year in which Gambhir said ‘Ask Ravi Shastri how many throw-downs he did in the last 18 months.’ The Team Director post would have suited Ravi better, added Sandeep.