Melbourne, Jun 12 (PTI) Simon Katich's axing from Cricket Australia's list of contracted players might have outraged several former players but Ian Chappell feels it was a "pragmatic decision".
"Is Katich's dumping fair? Certainly not from the player's point of view, but it's fairly safe to assume that these days, in all walks of life, we're not playing on a level field," Chappell wrote in a column for 'The Daily Telegraph'.
"From the selectors' point of view, they can't worry about hurting a player's feelings; if they did, they would never take a tough decision and they wouldn't be any good at their job.
"It was a pragmatic decision by the selectors; they had to open up a slot and their best chance of filling it adequately was at the top of the order," he added.