Our players lack passion and pride8217;

MUMBAI, APRIL 6: Raj Singh Dungarpur, the immediate past president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI, decried the attitude of the Indian cricketers while representing the country.

Also speaking on the occasion was Madhav Mantri. The former India stumper felt sad that modern players do not find it necessary to stay back at the end of the day8217;s play to discuss and debate the happening of the day. 8220;Some of them do not even wait to find out the result of the match,8221; he said and recalled how players like Vijay Merchant used to stay back after the match in his playing time to help out younger players.

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