BeautifulGame Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) K Gowtham, the Karnataka offspinner, has been dropped from the India A squad for the two four-day fixtures against New Zealand A for disciplinary reasons amounting to "gross insult to the system". He has been replaced by Karn Sharma, the Vidarbha legspinner, in the 15-man squad for the two matches, which start from September 23 in Vijayawada Gowtham, who bagged a five-for against India Green in the Duleep Trophy openerin Lucknow on September 8, fell ill on the penultimate day of the match and couldn't take the field on the final day for India Red. He subsequently skipped the second fixture and produced a medical certificate that stated he had typhoid. However, on September 12, he was in Mysore, playing for Belagavi Panthers in the ongoing Karnataka Premier League, where he is the highest-paid player in the league at INR 7.2 lakhs. The BCCI is likely to initiate a disciplinary inquiry into the matter, pending which he will not be considered for India A selection. "Gowtham opted out of the Duleep Trophy game during the first match and even produced a medical certificate that he was unwell. Two days later, he was found playing in the Karnataka Premier League. This is gross insult to the system," BCCI CEO Rahul Johri was quoted as saying by The Times of India. "A player can't take a national-level tournament for granted like this. The board is looking into this incident and till the enquiry is over, he will not be picked for India A team." http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/20772889/k-gowtham-dropped-india-insulting-duleep-trophy Edited September 21, 2017 by BeautifulGame sscomp32, OpeningBatsman, tweaker and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment
G_B_ Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 good express bowling 1 Link to comment
SK_IH Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 good, should make an example out of this guy JaFanatic 1 Link to comment
chewy Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Regional t20 leagues will only get lucrative, and attract more players with better pay Link to comment
Forever Indian Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Finally BCCI doing something sensible... Link to comment
WC2011INDIA Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Freedom to life and personal liberty affected. Unless BCCI had some contract with this player, this is not done. Would they have had balls if someone like Kohli or any popular cricketer had chosen a league instead of playing practice matches? Link to comment
Kohlifan Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, WC2011INDIA said: Freedom to life and personal liberty affected. Unless BCCI had some contract with this player, this is not done. Would they have had balls if someone like Kohli or any popular cricketer had chosen a league instead of playing practice matches? They are all bound by Central Contract. Link to comment
tweaker Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Bcci has also made Ishant Sharma to play the ongoing Duleep trophy match. Link to comment
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