I dont think Papon doing intervention in selection process, rather doing business as usual with management process, particularly in Mahmudullah and Miraz case. The reason of my thinking is ...
In Bangla news paper I saw Nannu saying "management in Sri Lanka asked for genuine/specialist right hand off spinner because Lanka has many lefties in their top order", even though Sanzamul, Hom was selected and were with the team in Srilanka. Note that this was after that practice match where BD bowlers were hammered for 354 runs, and we can assume management ( coaches, manager, including Papon in SL ) felt the resources in hand are not good enough wining matches against Sri Lanka. On the other hand we all know how important this ODI series is, therefore they might have thought introducing Miraz in ODI would be better idea even though initially he was left out, thinking too early for his career.
Later on, after the 1st ODI, I saw a TV news clip where ( just outside of the stadium ) Papon saying "he himself have to take lot of decision which people dont know, including Miraz inclusion". He also said he called Nannu, the chief selector and discussed this matter before making the final call (decision). Obviously, the clip does not contain entire contents or discussions Papon was making at that interview, just a fraction on Miraz inclusion.
Further more, according to yesterday's news paper, Miraz himself saying that Papon directly called him and was told "you have to return back to Sri Lanka for ODI games".
Now all those above information, we need to consider that, none of those persons involved, neither of news sources have to elaborate A to Z of the said discussions, process, agendas or contents of meetings etc, which actually contributing in speculations and confusions among fans and media as well. To me not knowing A to Z is norm, and these are nothing issue, why we need to judge who said what, who did what, was it right, or was it wrong based on fractions of information? while we all should concentrate on outcome on a given situation, because none of us have enough information to evaluate or judge?
I rather see it as BCB stakeholders ( coaches, managers, selectors, directors ) are doing their business as usual, as long as management and an urgent change requirement is concern, not necessarily need to be elaborated, nor warrant be detailed for fans or media liking. What is important to me is whether the stakeholders are doing their job for right cause, in a right moment, particularly in Mamudullah, Miraz case they did the right thing and Papon did his job right if not perfect from management perspective, and my evaluation is simply based on outcome.
If there is problem with selection, management or whatever it is, this is not the time to call for a fix, pointing finger at someone atm, and on top of that not even knowing enough is really uncalled for IMO.
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