Give us the truth, Vengsarkar. It will not hurt..

By John Cheeran
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are the prominent members of The ‘Rest’ of Indian team of the season.
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, chairman of national selection committee, however, has reasoned to such an extent that there is no crime and punishment involved in the recent selection despite the enormities in the World Cup.
It surprises me why Vengsarkar thought it necessary to say that Tendulkar and Ganguly were not dropped but merely rested along with Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan etc.
Oh....What else the Indian cricketers have been doing all this while after failing to make the Super Eights in the 2007 World Cup? I thought they were resting their billboard arses after such strenuous efforts in the Caribbean.
Vengsarkar said that even skipper Rahul Dravid will be rested since the Indian team has a hectic season ahead.
I recall Vengsarkar saying that the Dhaka tour was the only opportunity to rest Tendulkar and Ganguly, they being such hot potatoes in this spicy dish of disasters. May be Vengsarkar will rest skipper Dravid for England tour!
Whatever Vengsarkar pretends, it is quite plain that the BCCI wants to be seen by the Indian cricket followers that they mean business and they can mould new stars, if those current ones are on the wane.
Apparently selectors had to follow the overall philosophy of blending youth with experience. Hence giving another run for Robin Uthappas, Dinesh Karthicks and Sreesanths. That has opened the doors for Manoj Tewari, a commoner cricketer from Calcutta with no princely airs.
Well, selectors have given another chance for the truant Virender Sehwag but has punctured his pride by deleting his name from the Test teamsheet.
Greg Chappell has gone, but without the milk of runs and wickets flowing on the scoreboard, the Mafiosi of seniors will have to put the barrels of the manipulative guns to their own temples.
As always we shall watch...