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NEWS India-South Africa Series 2006>BCCI to seek explanation from Dravid 09th Feb 2007 19.15 IST By Agencies Jumping to the defence of Chetan Desai, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today said it would seek an explanation from captain Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager for the South African tour. Desai had come under a scathing attack from the Indian skipper for his tour report which criticised Dravid for selecting an out-of-form Virender Shewag and unfit Munaf Patel in the deciding third Test against South Africa which India lost.
"Chetan Desai was the manager on the tour and as per tradition he filed his report after the team's return. And he has not said anything about his (Dravid's) abilities as a player in the report," Shah said. "The report is with Sharad Pawar (BCCI president) and after he reads it he would give us guidelines on what to do," the BCCI secretary added. Dravid told reporters in Kolkata that Desai had no standing in the game." Anyone is entitled to give his opinion, anyone is entitled to give a report. But me commenting on that, I will comment only when it is worthy of my comment." "It is important to put it in perspective and understand that I have been asked for my views on a report given by someone ... When I last looked at the history of Indian cricket I did not necessarily see his name featuring very prominently," Dravid had said. The report was said to be critical of Sehwag's attitude to the game and also did not spare Dravid for being stubborn in selection matters, specially in the crucial third Test in Cape Town where an unfit speedster Munaf Patel was chosen. Shah also sought to play down the matter of how the report got leaked to the media and what the BCCI was going to do about this. "We are certainly interested in knowing how it happened," Shah shot back when queried whether the BCCI was not worried how the leak took place. Also View In-Depth Coverage: India-South Africa Series 2006 Team Page: India Team Page: South Africa | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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