Srinagar: Former J&K Cricketer and local cricketing star Jehangir Lone has hit out at adhoc comittee handling J&K Cricket Association saying that the duo of Majid Dar and Mithun Manhas have “hijacked” Association.
Jehangir Lone said this while speaking with Early Times on the sidelines of the Cricket tournament in Jammu. He said that deserving arent getting chances in current setup while failures are continued.
“Like everyone knows it is one or two persons who have hijacked JKCA , like Majid Dar in Kashmir and here (Jammu) Manhas (Mithun Manhas). They select teams in their homes,” Jehangir Lone told Early Times in a video interview.
“I will not speak about myself , no doubt I have represented State but there used to be axe always on head that if you dont perform in next match you are out. I will speak about current team, there are players who are in team from 4 years with zero performance but still are kept in team, dont know how and who is backing them,” Lone said.
Curreny JKCA is run by BCCI apointed 3 member sub comittee who are assisted by one person in Srinagar. They were scheduled to hold offices for limited period before making path for the elections. However, they have failed to do so and run JKCA affairs on their own.
Jehangir Lone termed current selection procedure in JKCA as scam with the cricket association been hijacked.
“Obviously it is hijacked. it is scam with pre-planned strategy to whom they want to play and whom they want to kick out,” He said.
“What is happening in JKCA is that from last four years, JKCA is picking same lot apart from few like Shubham Khajuria, Aabid Mushtaq, Aaquib Nabi none have performed consistantly. There is dosti yaari in JKCA and they pick players from there clubs. In recent Vijay Hazare Trophy J&K won just one match out of 6,” Jehangir Lone said.
Jehangir Lone pointed out failure of guest player Paras Dogra who has failed in all levels despite taking up place of local talent.
“Our guest player Paras Dogra has played Test, Mushtaq Ali and now Vijay Hazare trophy and failed to score even one fifty. Guest player is occupying place of local J&K talent and failed to perform,” he said.
Lone hailed previous club system in which everyone was getting equal chances.
“Current system is scam with no one knows how team is selected and when. Previously there used to be club system with players representing various clubs in days and 50-over matches. After that they were getting shortlisted, attended camps and into the team. Now that all is gone with teams picked in cozy rooms,” Jehangir Lone pointed out.