Selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar says it is physio John Gloster and trainer Gregory King's responsibility to find out the reasons for players breaking down on tour.
BCCI chief Sharad Pawar told the chairman of selectors to discuss with the coach, captain and players and communicate the nation's sentiments following the Durban drubbing.
The chairman of selectors admitted opening is an area of concern.
Sachin Tendulkar has joined America's National Cricket League (NCL) ownership group, a move that is expected to give a big boost to the sport in the United States.
India need to carefully groom replacements for their batting 'fab four' after suffering a crushing innings defeat by South Africa on Tuesday, former captain and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar said.
Former India skipper and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Union Minister for Heavy Industries Vilasrao Deshmukh were on Tuesday elected unopposed as vice-presidents of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). After the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Tuesday evening, both Vengsarkar and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Deshmukh were left without any opponent for the July 10 elections.
India will play their first-ever Day/Night Test match against Bangladesh in Kolkata later this month.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar made a startling revelation, on Monday, about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim entering the Indian team's dressing room and offering the players cars if they beat Pakistan in the final of the Sharjah tournament in 1986.
The IPL has reportedly approached chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar to take up the post of Director of Cricket Operations after he completes his term on the national selection panel in September. However, the former India captain refused to confirm or deny it.
Dilip Vengsarkar is set to take over as India's chief selector from Kiran More.
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar continues to write a newspaper column despite the Indian cricket board restraining him from airing his views to the media. His latest column appeared in Marathi newspaper 'Sakal' on Thursday.
India's chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar came down hard on ICC match referee Mike Procter, saying he needs to be punished for his role in the Harbhajan Singh racial abuse episode.
The chairman of selectors has toed the BCCI line and stopped writing his regular column for a Marathi daily.
Indian team's manager Lalchand Rajput reacted to chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar's warning to senior players, saying the outburst was unwarranted in the middle of a series.
Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Vijay Manjrekar and Eknath Solkar are among the 17 cricketers from Maharashtra who have the 'Kar' suffix in their surnames and have played Test cricket for India.
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar expressed satisfaction at the 15-member squad picked by the national selectors for the ICC Cricket World Cup commencing next month in the sub-continent.
The chairman of selectors also feels that Pathan and Dhoni could lend balance to the middle-order during the World Cup.
He would leave on Thursday for Kolkata where Bengal will play their Ranji Trophy tie against Mumbai.
Dilip Vengsarkar has received the prestigious BCCI-instituted Col. C K Nayudu Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Indian cricket.
Former chief selector Dilip Vengasarkar said he will refrain from responding to Sourav Ganguly's outburst against the selectors till the end of the current series against Australia as it could divert the team's focus. 'I won't answer him now, as this is not the right time, because India are in the middle of a Test series and it might affect the focus of the team,' Vengsarkar said on Friday.
Dilip Vengsarkar reminisced how living up to the tag of champions was a tough task for the 1983 World Cup winning squad.
Chief cricket selector Dilip Vengsarkar wants to step down following his stand off with the BCCI which has banned him from writing newspaper columns
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar says Chandu Borde's appointment as manager for the tours of Ireland and England will go a long way towards Team India improving its performance.
Reader Honey Marcose sent us this picture from Chelmsford.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar insisted that selection to the Indian team was based on form and fitness.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar wants Mumbai as the reserve venue if Hyderabad Cricket Association is unable to hold the one-off India-Bangladesh Test match, starting on February 13, for any reason.
Batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Dilip Vengsarkar are among 39 international players eligible to vote in the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) elections, scheduled to be held in Mumbai on October 4.
Former India batting ace Dilip Vengsarkar says left-arm spinner Monty Panesar should have been included in the side for the first Test as he could have trouble the Indian batsmen.
India will be under tremendous pressure when they face an equally circumspect Australia in a battle of two out-of-form batting units in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth
Former Test captain and Chief Selector Dilip Vengsarkar on Thursday cautioned the International Cricket Council not to proceed with plans to introduce the Umpire Decision Review System without putting in place a fool-proof technology.
Reader Vijay Sampathkumar sent us a picture of Robin Singh and Dilip Vengsarkar from Mumbai.
India's chairman of selectors says he was taken aback on being asked by Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar whether he allows the other selectors also to watch international matches.
India's attack lacks the teeth required to bowl England out twice in the upcoming five-Test series, says former skipper Dilip Vengsarkar. He is apprehensive about the effectiveness of pacers Bhuvaneshvar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Varun Aaron and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
Former India wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer wants Duncan Fletcher axed as the Indian team's chief coach, and the appointment of Ravi Shastri and Dilip Vengsarkar to guide the team after the 3-1 drubbing Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men received in the five-Test series in England.
Wankhede Stadium witnessed a gathering of cricketing royalty in the past two days
The newly-appointed selection committee chairman said he will try and see that there is no zonal bias in team selection.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said the decision to appoint Sachin Tendulkar as vice-captain was because of the need to have an experienced man to fall back on in the absence of captain Rahul Dravid.
Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar has written to the BCCI, requesting them to slot an "additional final" of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the city to help raise funds for the drought-hit people of Maharashtra.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has demanded the immediate sacking of coach Duncan Fletcher and other support staff in the wake of the team's humiliating Test series loss in England. He also came down heavily on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for making 'glaring mistakes'.
Under-performers Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina need to tighten up their batting considerably, the former his shot selection and the latter playing the short balls with more conviction, says former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar.
