MCA needs to discipline Suryakumar Yadav

The vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Ravi Savant attended the meeting of the selection committee convened on Saturday.
Never in the history of Mumbai cricket had the office bearers attended the selection meetings apart from the convener. This unprecedented move was apparently prompted by the submission of a report by the manager of the Mumbai team Shrikant Tigdi regarding the behaviour of the team's captain Suryakumar Yadav.
The MCA handed him the reigns of the Mumbai Ranji team, while having the option of Abhishek Nayar as well. Nayar led India-A to two victories last year and performed well in the role. In fact, he has been playing for Mumbai for 11 years. The point to be noted here is that it could not have been that the MCA was unaware of Yadav's track record.
Yadav, the captain of the Mumbai team whom the report does not flatter, does not have a record in disciplinary matters that is commensurate with his talents. Once, while being the under-25 captain of Mumbai, he got into a fist fight with his teammate Siddesh Lad and later vented his anger by breaking the glass wall in the MCA's BKC facility. On both occasions he was let-off by Savant.
However, MCA 's headache do not end with this. What is more worrying is that Yadav has been misled by some that, the culture of a captain abusing his teammates has been true of all previous Mumbai captains.
The idea that verbal abuse is part of MCA culture and winning ways is unacceptable. It tarnishes the reputation of its 40 Ranji wins and its exemplary tradition in Indian cricket. The same MCA, a decade ago, suspended Amol Muzumdar from the team when he failed to wear the team jersey for the toss.
This resulted in Muzumdar being left out of the team that was invited by Western Australia and that too in what fashion. He turned up at the Mumbai airport to join the team on the day of his engagement but was turned away by the team manager in front of his peers saying that he had just received information of the captain's suspension. If such a trifle matter could draw a stern response, then the MCA must ensure an even hand in disciplining Yadav.
Shrikant Tigdi has been an efficient manager of the team for years and now that an official of his standing is prompted for the first time to report issues of the dressing room indicates that things have gotten out of hand at that level in Mumbai cricket and it is up to the MCA to establish a consistent precedent in such matters.
Adding to this are many instances of indiscipline and poor conduct by players at various levels of Mumbai cricket. In such an environment if a manager such as Tigdi finally puts in a report and no action is taken based on it, then where does the MCA leave its own officials? Is not the silence of the MCA implicating Tigdi, instead of Yadav?
Such issues will affect the performances of the team regardless of the talent available. The MCA must clear all issues that will affect the team adversely.
It's time that those who represent the Lion crest know the rich history and strong ethos of Mumbai cricket and the MCA must lead the way, being that it is its job to do so. The MCA has to act immediately lest these issues affect the morale of the Mumbai team.