NEW DELHI, Oct 3: The Indian cricket board has virtually put captain Saurav Ganguly on notice, saying selection committee may have to take a decision on his future if he failed to come out of prolonged form slump.

Ranbir Singh Mahendra, president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has also said it would not be prudent to pass a hasty judgement on coach Greg Chappell, whose public spat with the captain created headlines recently, and his preference for doing away with zonal system of appointing selectors.

Mahendra said the Board was concerned over Ganguly’s poor form but believed that it was approriate to give players, especially captain, sometime to find their form.

“You should give some time to selection committee and players, particularly Saurav himself. If in coming days, performance does not improve, selection committee, would be keeping in mind feelings of millions of cricket fans and take an appropriate decision,” Mahendra told BBC Hindi Programme in an interview.

To a specific question on whether Ganguly should continue as captain, Mahendra said “It is for the selection committee to decide. The board does not interfere in the matter.”

The BCCI chief also rebutted suggestions that the board was turning a blind eye to Ganguly’s poor form and his tendency to get embroiled in controversies which was a dangerous sign for the country’s cricketing future.

“See what you are saying could also be feeling of many other cricket fans in the country. But let us all not forget that recently Ganguly has scored a Test hundred in Zimbabwe,” he said.—Agencies