Bombay wins Domestic Ranji Trophy against Sourashtra

Bombay recorded their record win of Ranji Trophy for the 40th time.Bombay needs to be Congratulated.Wasim Jagger with his lone century in the match& Kulkarny& Agit Agarkar with 5& 4 wickets in the second innings of Sourashtra were the organizers of this handsome victory in routing Sourashtra just for a Paltry 82 in the second innings. But this Victory does not appear to have all the charms in it for the following resons. Sourahtra for the first time reached the final of the Ranji Trophy by virtue of an unbeaten 200+ in the semi final against the great Punjab from none other than the recognized batsman CHETESWAR POOJARA who batted tirelessly for more than 12 Hours at the crease. In the meantime,however,Cheteswar Poojara the newly recognized Test star was selected for one day international against the touring England Team. His technical batting by selecting deserving balls on their merit to smash to the fence over it and also leaving other balls to him alone was a peculiar feature found in a batsman after Sachin Tendulkar the all time Great of Indian cricket.He also played the Defensive shots at the right time when required. Notwithstanding,all the features mentioned above,Cheteswar Poojara was not allowed to appear bin a single match against the touriIn other words his talent was not onlywasted but resulted in the pitiable defeat to Sourashtra against Bombay in the final of Ranji as well. At least after having given chance to Rohit Sharma in a match in which he shined to take India to victory against England. Although India had won the Series Against England & luckily retained the 1st Rank in ICC RATINGS,the defeat at Dharamsala enabled England to reach the same ratings of India ie 117. Now England has hope to regain the lost rankings whereas India is at risk about fearing to loose the 1st rank in the future!!!. Had Cheteswar Poojaraa given an opportunity to play in the final onedayer at Dharamsala ,like the selectors of the final eleven did to Rohit ,perhaps INDIA could have emerged better with enhancing their rankings to 119 .England could have remained at 115. Who is responsible for this lapse?the Captain or the Coach of the Indian one day squad. Someone should answer this question. All interested in the welfare of Indian cricket should make hue& cry about this lapse by highlighting it through the sports volume of different sites& media to avoid recurrence of such matters in the future! SreedharanMundanat 29th January2013 05-10HRS(IST)