NEW DELHI, May 1: Madhya Pradesh cricket captain Chandrakant Pandit said the action against him by the Central Zone selection committee chairman Kishen Rungta was ``unfair, arbitrary and amounts to victimisation, particularly when other selectors were not consulted.''

In his letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya, Pandit explained his version on his controversial removal after the tied Deodhar Trophy match against West here on January 3 by saying that ``he (Rungta) advised me to declare myself unfit when, I was not at all unfit.''

According to his letter, he was subsequently informed that the selection committee was told he was dropped on cricketing grounds, ``but if I tender apology to the satisfaction of the chairman, I will be included in the team.''

Pandit adds: ``In my view, this sets up a very bad precedent, as by this method any one could be removed from the team or the captaincy by one single individual selector. This thing will have far reaching effects on the players not only of Central Zone but players all over India.''

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