Hyderabad, Oct. 24 -- The BCCIseems to take pleasurein killing the careers of some promising cricketers. For reasons best known to those who occupy the seats of powerwithinthe organisation, some specific young players are selected for the executioner's axe. Once they are axed, their careers are dead, and they can never rise again in the game.

One suchexampleis the talk of the entire country now. It is the caseof Sarfaraz Khan of Mumbai. When he was coming up as a bright new star, he was not selected. The reason trotted out was that he was overweight. Here, it should be pointed out that being overweightdid notpreventgreat names such as Colin Cowdrey of England, Arjuna Ranatunga of Sri Lanka, and Inzamam Ul Haq of Pakistanfrom achieving le...