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Indian top-order batter Hanum a Vihari has slammed the Andhra Cricket Association after their heart-breaking four-run loss against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy 2024. During the ongoing first-class season, Vihari started as the Andhra captain but relinquished his role after the first game against Bengal.
Playing as a front-line batter, Vihari had a great season with a tally of 522 runs at an average of 40.15. After the quarter-final defeat, Vihari opened up and slammed the Andhra State Cricket Association for deliberately removing him from captaincy after an incident with a squad member, whose father is a politician. Vihari also expressed his decision to leave Andhra team immediately.
I felt humiliated and embarrassed: Hanuma Vihari
Hanuma Vihari's post said, " We fought hard till the end but it wasn’t meant to be. Gutted to lose an another quarters with Andhra. This post is about some facts I want to put forward. 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. 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 knockouts 5 times in the last 7 years and played for India in 16 tests."
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. 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. Check the top betting trends on the best betting apps in India and sites.
Whatever you guys heard is absolute false: KN Prudhviraj
The player accused by Vihari, wicket-keeper batter KN Prudhviraj also took to social media and responded to the India international. Sharing an Insta-story, Prudhviraj revealed that Vihari's comments were false and that the former Andhra captain should play these 'sympathy games' somewhere else.
