Farooq orders inquiry into Ranji team selection

JKCA treasurer resignation row

Farooq orders inquiry into Ranji team selection

Yash Khajuria
JAMMU, Dec 01: In an immediate reaction to the resignation offered by Manzoor Wazir, Treasurer, Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), late last evening, the JKCA president, Dr Farooq Abdullah has intervened into the matter has ordered inquiry into the Ranji team selection row.

Wazir had dispatched his resignation to Abdullah stating therein that he made every possible effort to ease things out between JKCA and the Kashmiri players over the issue of team selection and captaincy, but all went in vain, owing to which he was resigning from the post of treasurer.

Sensing gravity of the matter, JKCA president ordered to constitute a committee of senior JKCA Officials for conducting the enquiry into the whole episode.

Talking to TNI, Ranjit Kalra, Chairman- JKCA Media Committee, while confirming the development told that career of the players and their dignity were of utmost importance to the JKCA.  “JKCA President Farooq Abdullah has taken this issue very seriously and shall shortly constitute a committee of senior JKCA officials to underscore this matter”.

He also stated that the as of now the president JKCA had not taken any decision with respect to the acceptance of the resignation forwarded by the Manzoor Wazir.

Sources disclosed that Wazir submitted his resignation after he came to know that some of the officials of JKCA had bargained the selection of Jammu players in the team over the Kashmiri players at the time of selection.

Whereas the member of JKCA Provincial Committee Mehboob Iqbal refuted any possibility of deal being made for bias selection. He said “Nine players from Kashmir and 7 players from Jammu were selected for the match that is being played at Guwahati from today onwards.”