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Refusing to bow to Dilip Vengsarkar's demand to either allow him to write columns or compensate, the Cricket Board on Tuesday made it clear that the chief selector was free to make his decisions. "BCCI's stand on Vengsarkar remains the same," Board vice president Rajiv Shukla said. "It's upto him to decide (whether to fall in line or quit). The ball is in his court," he said. Miffed by BCCI guidelines that prevents him from writing columns, Vengsarkar wrote a letter to the BCCI President Sharad Pawar, making it clear that he would continue in the post only if the board withdrew the guidelines or compensated him. Vengsarkar also threatened not to attend Wednesday's selection committee meeting in Bangalore where team for the third Test against Pakistan and the squad for the Australia tour are to be picked.
Shukla, however, ruled out a change in the Board's stance and said, "He has to decide what he wants to do. If he attends tomorrow's selection committee meeting, it would mean he has accepted the guidelines and would continue in the chief selector's post. And we would not have any problem in such a case."
Asked whether he had got any feedback from the board after the letter to Pawar, Vengsarkar said, "No, I have not received any response from the Board." Though chances are slim that Vengsarkar would attend Wednesday's selection meeting in Bangalore, the former batsman confirmed his presence in a Mumbai selection meeting later on Tuesday.
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