The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken exception to selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar and Indian team manager Laichand Rajput's statements to media over senior players' performance.

"If selectors are not happy with the performance of seniors, then selection committee can drop them. But they should not go to media to discuss the matter," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said here on Tuesday.

The board has asked Vengsarkar and Rajput not to speak to media about such matters in future, Shah said.

“I have personally discussed the matter with Vengsarkar and Rajput and cautioned them not to speak openly against any players of the team," Shall said.

"Vengsarkar is chairman of selection committee and he should talk to concerned players and discuss the matter with them. It is not proper to criticise players openly," he said.

Vengsarkar had recently said that senior players will have to perform if they want to stay in team, while Rajput responded by saying that he should not have made such comments in the middle of a series.