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Said the BCCI, sans affection,
"A selectors sole task is selection.
So we have misgiving
In your choice of a living."
So he stopped writing in the sports section.

Then said BCCI, "this is cricket,
And as selector you're on sticky wicket.
You may nurse a peeve
But we can't let you leave."
So he stayed on and prayed for meal ticket.

But the Board again waved a red flag,
With the 7point guidelines and a gag.
And this got his goat,
So he wrote them a note,
"I am quitting, this job is a drag!"

NDTV.Com 02/12/07: Chief cricket selector Dilip Vengsarkar wants to step down following his stand off with the BCCI which has banned him from writing newspaper columns, but has been told not to do so in view of the upcoming team selection for the important tour of Australia and the third Test against Pakistan. Get the story here