Delhi wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat has landed himself in scorching water after skipping his facet’s preparation camp for the upcoming spherical of Ranji Trophy match to attend his Indian Premier League (IPL) facet Gujarat Titans (GT)’s coaching camp in Surat. Rawat was purchased by GT for Rs 30 lakh on the IPL 2025 mega public sale final 12 months, having been launched by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Rawat was talked about among the many gamers who had joined the nets session in GT’s official assertion.
“Gujarat Titans have commenced their preparations for the IPL 2025 with a coaching camp in Surat. Gamers like Anuj Rawat, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror and Arshad Khan have joined the workforce within the camp together with the coaches and help employees,” the franchise stated in a press release.
At a time when the BCCI brass is adamant that gamers ought to give priority to red-ball cricket through the season, Rawat attending an IPL camp solely per week earlier than the graduation of red-ball season is a transparent indication of the place his priorities lie.
It have to be talked about right here that veteran bowler Ishant Sharma has already advised DDCA that he will not play red-ball cricket anymore now that he’s now not in competition for a nationwide comeback.
When DDCA secretary Ashok Sharma, who can also be the convenor of the senior state workforce choice committee, was requested if the participant in query had sought permission to hitch his IPL workforce’s pre-season conditioning camp, he replied in adverse.
“I’ve no data that Anuj has skipped the continued Ranji Trophy camp to attend the IPL workforce’s camp. Ideally, he must take permission from the state affiliation. We have now two Ranji video games left and the camp is on on the Kotla. I do not know who gave him the permission to skip the Ranji Trophy camp,” Sharma advised PTI.
“Ishant’s case is totally different as he would not want DDCA’s permission since he would not play Ranji Trophy.” It’s learnt that usually, if an IPL pre-season conditioning camp coincides with a state workforce camp, one usually takes permission from both the president or the secretary earlier than attending an IPL web session.
“We have now obtained a number of official e-mail requests from sure gamers asking for permission to hitch their respective IPL camps however I can verify that we have now obtained no written request from Anuj Rawat. In that case, he should not have joined the IPL camp,” a senior DDCA official, who takes care of cricket operations, stated on situation of anonymity.
Final 12 months, KKR’s IPL-winning captain Shreyas Iyer, who will lead Punjab Kings this season, misplaced his central contract together with Ishan Kishan, for giving extra significance to IPL than home cricket.
(With PTI Inputs)
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