English pundit Michael Vaughan has chastised Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Venky Mysore for his alleged meddling in the group’s playing XI preference. Vaughan informed the businessman to ‘go and count some cash’ and ‘let the cricket people make the cricket judgment.’
Knight Riders’ skipper Shreyas Iyer stirred the hornet’s nest by just now saying that apart from head coach Brendon McCullum, Mysore is ‘definitely involved in team selections.’ Despite such involvement is not a new issue in the IPL season- it was a rare instance when a skipper showed this to the public.
Speaking to Cricbuzz before the team’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH), the primary since the statement, Vaughan said:
“My belief in sport is that the CEO is there to count the coffers. Once that management structure is put in place with the coach and the captain, a CEO should be nowhere near the actual selection side of the operation. He’s done his role, go and count some cash, whatever the cash is coming in that’s his job. Let the cricket people make the cricket decisions.”
It’s always spl to get a good result against a #championteam @mipaltan. @Jaspritbumrah93 was unbelievable & showed why he’s the best in the world! Well done @KKRiders #KKRvMI
— Venky Mysore (@VenkyMysore) May 9, 2022
Mysore keeps Knight Riders’ placard in the IPL 2022 Mega auction and is often seen with the team, giving motivational speeches and contribution awards. Although, in a season where the team has spent extra time in the bottom half than the top, questions relating to authority can’t be invalid.
“If they don’t do quite well, you sack them” – Michael Vaughan to Venky Mysore.
Showed up with plenty of fight but still work to do. Onto the next one 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/Hd5lHPUH3b
— Shreyas Iyer (@ShreyasIyer15) May 9, 2022
Vaughan further that CEOs like Mysore should let an arrangement of cricketing people run the team, judge their returns against their investments, and decide whether they are acceptable to continue. The former England skipper said:
“That’s why they’ve been put in that position and if they don’t do well enough, well, you sack them. It’s the nature of the professional sport. But allow them that power, allow them that freedom to pick the team, come up with the right role, the right solutions. And at the end of the IPL you decide are you happy with the coach and the captain.”
“Have they done well enough with what you’ve given them? If you are not happy as a CEO, then you get rid of them, as simple as that. But you do not, as a CEO, get involved in any kind of selectorial decisions. Stay in your office and look at your computer.”
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