T.A. Sekar, the renowned bowling coach lashed out at BCCI for ignoring MRF Foundation and said

“Today India has an impressive line up of fast bowlers mainly due to the MRF Pace Foundation. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should have taken MRF on board and worked closely with them. Though many of the BCCI members were for it, it still did not materialise” .