Former India cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar isn't too happy with the way Mumbai University is running cricket.
Presiding over the prize distribution function of the Harris Shield at the Cricket Club of India last week, the ex-India chief selector came down heavily on Mumbai University, for what he felt was "poor handling of the inter-collegiate cricket tournament over the years."
He urged the Mumbai Cricket Association to pull up the Mumbai University in this regard.
"The MCA should question the Mumbai University as to why it is showing scant respect to a very important tournament, which produced a number of great players for Mumbai and India. We developed our mental strength while playing inter-collegiate matches, and that stood us in good stead when we played for the country," Vengsarkar asserted.
The 67-year-old, a veteran of 116 Tests, though was all praise for the Mumbai School Sports Association and its cricket secretary Nadeem Memon for organizing the Giles and Harris Shield, the oldest inter-school tournament in India, "very competently."
"These tournaments provide a great platform for the upcoming cricketers of Mumbai," Vengsarkar said.
"The MCA should not hesitate to take stringent steps to make sure the tournament gets its due," stressed Vengsarkar, who had slammed three of his 17 Test hundreds at the famed Lord's Cricket Ground.
