“No individual decision will prevail in a committee”- MSK Prasad reacts to Ambati Rayudu’s explosive allegations

Former Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu made explosive allegations on former selector MSK Prasad.

Former India keeper and chief of the BCCI selection committee, MSK Prasad has given his reaction to former batter Ambati Rayudu’s allegations that he was excluded from India’s ODI World Cup squad in 2019 due to his differences with him.

After excelling in his limited opportunities, Ambati Rayudu was prepared for the number 4 spot in India's ODI squad prior to the 2019 World Cup. The Men in Blue were having problems locating a dependable number 4 in the middle order after Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina.

Virat Kohli, the team's then-captain, backed Ambati Rayudu for a crucial position. Rayudu was left out of the roster for the 2019 World Cup in favor of Vijay Shankar, dubbed the "3 Dimensional Player," by the selectors.

Rayudu never played for India after that and recently retired from all cricket after CSK won the IPL 2023.

Will any single person’s decision be taken or is it a consensus?- MSK Prasad on Ambati Rayudu’s statement

Now MSK Prasad, who was the then BCCI chief selector, has reacted to Rayudu’s statements and said that it is not possible for one single person to get his choice approved when there are other selectors and captain and coach present in the section meetings.

“All of us know that the selection committee has got five selectors and the captain sitting in the selection committee. Will any single person’s decision be taken or is it a consensus or is it an entire collective decision that would be taken? If an individual can take a decision, then you don’t require five selectors.

So, any decision that is taken only happens with the consensus of the entire selection committee. So, it is a collective decision. Not an individual decision. I may propose something but somebody else has to accept it. No individual decision will prevail in a committee,” Prasad said in an interview with timesnownews.com.

When the former BCCI president was the captain of the Andhra Ranji squad in 2005, MSK Prasad, Rayudu had previously mentioned that he did not agree with certain of his practices.

To this, Prasad added: “In a team, a small difference can happen during a long cricketing season. There can be a difference of opinion between brothers also. But that cannot be the reason to carry such small differences here and there to such a big platform like the Indian cricket team’s selection. Rayudu got selected for Indian Team for all the previous international games prior to the World Cup. When one doesn’t have differences for those matches then how come any difference will come for World Cup selections? I want to clear the air that the selection process is a complete collective decision but it will never be an individual opinion or decision.”

Rayudu played 55 ODIs for India scoring 1694 runs with 3 centuries while also appearing in 6 T20Is, making 42 runs from 2013-2019.