Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has no plans as yet to rope in a foreign player for the Ranji trophy campaign.
MCA joint secretary Hemant Waingankar said: "We have not discussed this aspect as yet. The chairman of the selection committee Dilip Vengsarkar hasn't spoken of a need to rope in a foreign player."
Waingankar said taking a foreigner would deprive a deserving local player of his rightful spot in the team. Vengsarkar himself said:"We don't require foreign players. We have a system in place to unearth talent. There are about 100 tournaments, talent scouts, age group events and a state-of-the-art academy under Chandrakant Pandit. I am confident this system will produce the needed talent," added Vengsarkar.
Only two foreign players have played for Mumbai. In the 60s, it was Charlie Stayers when West Indians fast bowlers were spread over the top zonal teams so that our batsmen got accustomed to playing pace. In the 70s, quickie Saeed Ahmed Hattea came to Bombay and played a few games. He all but made it to the Indian team for West Indies in 1971.
The flip side of this aspect of foreign players is the money angle. One BCCI official wishing to remain anonymous said:"The BCCI gives out grants to associations for the development of the game. Instead of using this money for putting infrastructure and a system in place, they spend money on pinching players from other teams to build their Ranji sides. That's not the purpose of the fund-disbursement."
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