New Delhi: The stand-off between the Cricket Board and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar reached a flash point today with the BCCI issuing a show cause notice to the former skipper for continuing to defy its gag order.

The BCCI also bluntly told Vengsarkar that he could quit the post of chief selector if he continued to function as a columnist.  Vengsarkar chose to ignore the BCCI diktat with his column appearing in a Hindi daily Amar Ujala and Marathi paper Sakal today, prompting the BCCI to toughen its stand
and serve the show cause.

"BCCI President Sharad Pawar decided to issue a show cause to Vengsarkar for continuing to write newspapers columns despite the Board's directives," BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla said.

Source : PTI