Former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly, who is currently serving as the  BCCI President has expressed his disappointment over the sacking of WV Raman, according to a report in Cricbuzz. The reports are suggesting that Ganguly had formally expressed his displeasure through letters regarding Raman’s sacked as Indian women’s cricket team’s head coach.

Last week, the former India left-hand opener batsman was ousted from his position of the head coach of India’s women’s team by the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) as it picked India off-spinner Ramesh Powar for the top job. Pawar was dismissed two years back due to a public fallout with senior player Mithali Raj.

It is also learned that the BCCI President had no comments to make on the appointment of Pawar but seemed to have made his disappointment clear since Raman played a crucial role in guiding the women’s team to the Twenty20 World Cup final in Australia in 2020.

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Although Sourav Ganguly is in his right to voice his opinion, those involved in women’s cricket reckon that the CAC is an independent body and its decision should be respected. As per the quotes in Cricbuzz, a BCCI insider said, “He should know this himself that the CAC is an independent body.”

While the majority are of the opinion that the stylish southpaw of yesteryears has been hard done by, there are a few critics who feel that Raman had some mistakes as well. 

The BCCI member further explained, “Some girls complained that he will at times switch himself off during training sessions. Also, some girls felt under-appreciated. Someone like Rajeshwari Gayakwad was not even once praised despite she being the best bowler during the series.”

Another allegation against Raman is that he unwittingly gave gloves woman Nuzhat Parween a debut cap without knowing that she has already made his ODI and T20I debut for India. 

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The BCCI member explained, “How come a coach forgot that one of his players has already played. To be fair to Neetu, was Raman also doing his homework.”