India’s cricket authorities on Friday asked chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to fly to South Africa following the team’s crushing defeat in the second one-day international in Durban.
Rahul Dravid’s Indians were widely criticised in the cricket-crazy country following their 157-run defeat on a pacy Durban track on Wednesday. The opening one-dayer of the five-match series was rained off in Johannesburg.
Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah said former Test captain Vengsarkar will be in South Africa before the Test series.
”He will be there for one or two Tests,” he said.
India will next Thursday name their squad for the three-Test series, beginning in Johannesburg on December 15.
India have been struggling in one-day internationals since losing 4-1 in the West Indies in May. They then failed to qualify for a triangular series final in Malaysia in September.
Pressure mounted on captain Dravid and coach Greg Chappell when India were eliminated in the league phase of the recent Champions Trophy at home. — AFP
