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Dinesh Chandimal: The national selectors' new 'youth policy' has troubled many seniors in the former Sri Lanka side[/caption]
Dinesh Chandimal: The national selectors' new 'youth policy' has troubled many seniors in the former Sri Lanka side[/caption]
Former Sri Lanka Captain Dinesh Chandimal asked Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and the Aravinda de Silva-led Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for clarity about his future in the national team.
In a letter addressed to de Silva, which also has several SLC officials copied, Chandimal asked for an opportunity to a meeting to discuss his future in playing cricket for Sri Lanka.
Excerpts of Chandimal's letter:
"This letter contains facts on my past performance in cricket and performance of other past players. My only intention of stating these facts is to make you understand my position and your organisation's vision of my future.
Based on these statistics, I personally feel I have been grossly vindicated of selection to represent the country I adore in both white ball and Test cricket.
Going beyond my player statistics, my compliance towards health and fitness and my ethical standards towards SLC [Sri Lanka Cricket] have been of the highest calibre. I have always demonstrated outstanding team-player skills. In my career, every decision I have made was always by putting my country and team first sometimes with dire consequences for me personally.
Since my school days my only dream, intention, and love has been and will continue to be, to play for my country at a professional level. The ad-hoc nature over my selection over the last couple of years have caused me much stress and has subsequently affected my cricket. As a past cricketer you [de Silva] would understand that selection consistency and selector's trust in players is a must to perform on the field.
The past greats of Sri Lanka cricket have shown that second half of the career is where greater performances are made. Then why are those very people not seeing the value at this juncture in me?
My conclusion here being that as mentioned before, my age of 31 years is not a factor for performance. My performance statistics and my health statistics indicate I am more than capable of performing at the highest level at the moment.
I sincerely appreciate a response for this letter along with my humble request for a meeting with you along with the current selection committee.
I am certain given the opportunity, I will be able to perform as expected and contribute towards Sri Lanka cricket in a positive manner. I would like to discuss my future with Sri Lanka cricket and as this is my profession, at this juncture it is very important for me to make the correct and most informed decisions for my future."