No half measures, drop them or take them: Kapil Dev

8220;They Tendulkar, Ganguly haven8217;t played so much cricket in the last six months that they now need to be rested. They simply have been dropped,8221; a candid Kapil told mediapersons this morning after arriving in the city. 8220;For me, there are no half measures. You either drop them, or you take them in the team. There8217;s nothing called rested,8221; he said.

Kapil, who is the chairman of the National Cricket Academy NCA, is in the city as visiting coach for the Bangalore-based academy8217;s East Zone leg Under-19 camp here.

As a shake-up following the World Cup debacle, Tendulkar and Ganguly were given the axe for the three-match ODI series in Bangladesh, while other regular names too were scratched out 8212; namely, Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh. However, it was officially announced that Tendulkar and Ganguly were merely being 8216;rested8217;.

8220;Rules can8217;t be different for different cricketers,8221; he fumed, hinting that the BCCI could be trying to shield the senior twosome after choosing to drop them from the one-dayers. The Haryana Hurricane was in an unforgiving mood today, as he picked out the current Indian team for some severe criticism. 8220;This team is not confident at the moment, after what happened in the World Cup,8221; Kapil said, adding: 8220;They now need a good series, and they have to ensure that there are no further goof-ups.8221;