Former Andhra captain and senior Indian red-ball batter Hanuma Vihari in a protracted publish on Instagram on Monday, February 26 has spoken intimately on why he left the captaincy solely after the primary recreation of Ranji Trophy 2024. Hitting out on the Andhra Cricket Association, Vihari introduced that he will never play for his house state once more. Vihari alleged that one of the gamers within the squad, who he had an altercation with after the primary match of the season is extra essential to the affiliation, as a result of he is the son of a politician.
Vihari elaborated on the entire incident after Andhra had been knocked out of the Ranji Trophy 2024 version following a slim 4-run loss to Madhya Pradesh in Indore. In an in depth assertion, Vihari revealed that he was requested to step down as captain after he shouted at a participant regardless of his aspect making 445 runs in opposition to Bengal in response to their rating of 410 within the first innings.
“I was the captain in the first game against Bengal, during that game I shouted on 17th player and he complained to his dad(who is a politician), his dad in return asked the Association to take action against me. Although, we chased 410 against last year’s finalists Bengal I was asked to resign from captaincy without any fault of mine,” Vihari stated in a publish on Instagram. “I never said anything on a personal note to the player but the association thought that player was more important than the guy who gave his body on the line last year and batted left handed, took Andhra to knock outs 5 times in the last 7 years and played for India in 16 tests.”
Vihari then stated that the affiliation deemed itself larger than the gamers and his therapy was heavy-handed and could not stick with the group the place he did not have his self-respect and performed the entire season as a result of he respects the sport and his fellow gamers within the aspect.
“I felt embarrassed but the only reason I continued playing this season because I respect the game and my team. Sad part is association thinks that players have to listen to whatever they say and players are there because of them. I felt humiliated and embarrassed but I’ve not expressed it out until today,” Vihari additional added.
“I’ve decided that I’ll never play for Andhra where i lost my self respect. I love the team. I love the way we’re growing every season but association doesn’t want us to grow,” Vihari concluded.ÂÂ
Moments after Vihari’s publish, the stated participant Prudhvi Raj apparently in response to the ex-Andhra captain’s outburst got here up with a sly dig on his Instagram story. “Hello everyone, I am that guy you guys are searching in that comment box. Whatever you guys have heard is absolutely false. No one is higher than the game and my self respect is much more bigger than anything. Personal attack and vulgar language is unacceptable in any kind of human platform. Everyone in team knows what has happened in that day,” Prudhvi Raj wrote on Instagram story that has gone viral and Andhra Cricket Association has lots on its plate to cope with.
There had been reviews of Vihari making a transfer to Madhya Pradesh in home cricket final yr as properly and now it appears virtually confirmed with the 30-year-old saying his departure from Andhra. MP have now moved to the semis after Andhra did not chase a goal of 170 runs and fell agonisingly quick.
