Now, for the first time in his grand career, he finds himself in the eye of a storm raging in the media, though not yet in the corridors of cricket power—that is, the team management and the selectors. There have been debates on his current lack of form but chairman of selectors Kiran More and his colleagues do not see any reason to even think of dropping him. "Come off it, there has to be some difference between the average fan, the man on the street and us. We believe that he lends great value to the team," More told Outlook.