Former Australian cricket Lisa Sthalekar has condemned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after they showed cold shoulders to Veda Krishnamurthy. She criticized the board for not checking on Veda after she went through a twin tragedy in her home.
Earlier this month, Veda lost her elder sister Vatsala Shivakumar to Covid-19 weeks after losing her mother succumbed to the same virus. As expected, she wasn’t included in India’s squad for the upcoming Test and ODI series against England. However, Sthalekar isn’t convinced how BCCI is handling this thing.
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She believes that the time has come for the players’ association for the Indian women’s team.
There is still time to fix this!! pic.twitter.com/LT3hApMioJ
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) May 15, 2021
“Whilst not selecting Veda for the upcoming series may be justified from their point of view, what angers me the most is that as a contracted player she has not received any communication from BCCI, just to even check how she is coping,” Sthalekar said in a note on her Twitter handle.
She added, “A true association should deeply care about the players that play the game… not focus solely on just the game at any cost. So disappointed.”
“The stress, anxiety, fear and grief that many players have experienced through this pandemic will take its toll on them as individuals and inadvertently affect the game,” Sthalekar signed off.
“As a past player, the ACA (Australian Cricketers” Association) have reached out daily to see how we are and provided all kinds of services. If there was a need for a player association in (India) surely it is now.”
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India Women are scheduled to play England in lone Test, before heading into a three-match One-Day International series. The tour will conclude with three T20I matches. Both men and women teams are expected to fly for the UK together in the first week of June after finishing the mandatory quarantine period in India.
