Hanuma Vihari led Andhra within the season opener earlier than being changed. (PTI Photo)
The ACA have issued a show-cause discover in direction of their former skipper, Hanuma Vihari who’s but to reply after vowing to not play for the state facet once more.
The Andhra Cricket Association has served a show-cause discover to Hanuma Vihari a month after the India batter accused the governing physique of unceremoniously eradicating him from captaincy and vowed not to play for the state once more.
However, Vihari has but to reply to the discover which was served after the ACA Apex Council assembly a number of days in the past.
“Yes, we have served him a show-cause notice and we are awaiting his reply,” an ACA official instructed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
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However, the official stated the affiliation didn’t need to lengthen the difficulty.
“This is just to find what made him react the way he did last month. He has not reached out to us, so this is a chance for him to come out with his grievances.
“After all, we value Vihari and his contributions to the growth of state cricket as he has played a big part in Andhra going up in the ranks in domestic cricket,” he added.
The prepare of unsavoury incidents started quickly after Andhra misplaced to Madhya Pradesh on this yr’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.
The 30-year-old right-handed batter took to social media to accuse the ACA of stripping him of captaincy proper after Andhra’s first match of the season towards Bengal.
However, at the moment Vihari attributed the choice to “personal reasons.”
But in his Instagram publish, Vihari stated the ACA acted underneath strain from a neighborhood politician after his son, a seventeenth participant throughout that match, complained that the middle-order batter shouted swear phrases at him.
“I have decided that I will never play for Andhra where I lost my self-respect,” Vihari wrote in his emotional outburst.
Later, Vihari, who performed 16 Tests for India, additionally posted a letter of assist from his fellow Andhra gamers on his X account.
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However, KN Prudhuvi Raj, the seventeenth participant in the course of the match towards Bengal, additionally took to social media and lambasted Vihari for making false accusations towards him.
“Personal attacks and vulgar language are not acceptable in any kind of human platform. Everyone in the team knows what happened that day,” wrote Raj on his Instagram deal with.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
