The selectors retained the lads’s group, the place an equally-deserving Manush Shah was saved away
The selectors retained the lads’s group, the place an equally-deserving Manush Shah was saved away
Better sense, in a small diploma, prevailed when the National selectors proceeded to make a course correction and rightly changed Archana Kamath with a deserving Diya Chitale within the Indian girls’s desk tennis group for the Commonwealth Games, beginning subsequent month.
However, the selectors retained the lads’s group, the place an equally-deserving Manush Shah was saved away. Like Diya, Manush, too, has challenged the group choice and sought judicial intervention.
In response to the CoA’s letter (of May 31) the place it sought Sports Authority of India’s approval for Archana’s choice, the SAI quoted from a letter of 18th January, 2018 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and reminded the CoA that “selection of sportspersons in major international events shall be the responsibility of NSF concerned and Government and the SAI will not have direct involvement in the selection process, except to ensure that it is fair and transparent.”
Suddenly, the CoA found, “Archana did not fare well in the 83rd senior Nationals at Shillong in the singles competition. Archana lost in the round of 32, reflecting lack of form and confidence.”
“The pair of Manika Batra and Archana Kamath did not deem it fit to even play in the open doubles in the 83rd senior National championship (and that) questions their commitment to Doubles events.”
Then got here the conclusion. “There would be no justification at all in ignoring the probability that she (Diya) would give a good account for the country. The selectors and the coaches are in agreement with the Committee on this aspect.”
Source: www.thehindu.com
