BCCI SNUBBED STRICKEN VEDA, LAMBASTS LISA

New Delhi, May 15: Former Australian women’s team captain Lisa Sthalekar has claimed that the BCCI neither checked on Veda Krishnamurthy after the twin tragedies in her family nor communicated to the bereaved India cricketer its decision to not consider her for the upcoming tour of England.

Earlier this month, the flamboyant middle-order India batter lost her elder sister Vatsala Shivakumar to Covid-19, two weeks after her mother succumbed to the dreaded virus.

On expected lines, she was not included in the Indian Test and ODI team for the tour of the United Kingdom, but ICC Hall of Famer Sthalekar was not convinced with the BCCI’s handling of the whole episode.

“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.”