Kolkata: Former BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya on Saturday refused to react to former Indian coach John Wright's controversial comments on the Indian team's selection process.
"I know you are asking me as I am an ex-BCCI president. But I'm contesting an election tomorrow. And this is not the platform to answer this," Dalmiya said at the Cricket Association of Bengal.
The veteran sports administrator takes on Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee in the CAB presidential polls on Sunday.
Dalmiya, who has been occupying the post of CAB president uninterruptedly since 1992-93, evaded a query whether he was confident about his poll prospects. "You tell me," Dalmiya said.
On whether this is the toughest election of his career, Dalmiya said "When I write a book, then you'll know."
Wright has said in his new book 'Indian Summers' that it was Ganguly who masterminded the appointment of Sunil Gavaskar as consultant for India's home series against Australia in 2004-05 without taking him into confidence.
Wright also said he was frustrated during selection committee meetings which were nothing short of a farce and claimed that VVS Laxman and Mohd Kaif bore the brunt of the selectors' whims.
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