“I was captain in the first game against Bengal, and during the game, I shouted at 17th player, and he complained to his dad (who is a politician),” Vihari wrote. “His dad in return asked the association to take action against me. Although we chased 410 against last year’s finalists Bengal [for a first-innings lead], I was asked to resign from captaincy without any fault of mine.
The ACA issued a statement in response later in the day, in which it said there were questions around Vihari’s captaincy stint. “It has got here to our consideration that Mr Vihari personally verbally abused a selected participant through the Bengal Ranji sport in entrance of everybody,” the statement said. “The affected participant filed an official criticism with the ACA.”
The association further said the decision to remove Vihari as captain was taken by the chairman of the selection committee due to “Vihari’s standing as an India prospect affecting his season-long availability”.*
On his part, Vihari said he had been “humiliated and embarrassed” in the aftermath of the episode, but carried on playing under Bhui as Andhra secured the second spot in Group B with three outright victories in seven matches.
“I felt embarrassed however the one motive I continued enjoying this season is as a result of I respect the sport and my staff,” he said. “Sad half is affiliation thinks that gamers should hearken to no matter they are saying, and gamers are there due to them. I felt humiliated and embarrassed, however I’ve not expressed it till immediately.”
Incidentally, Vihari ended the season against Madhya Pradesh, the team he had been tipped to move to and lead prior to the current season. Vihari had been in talks with Chandrakant Pandit, the Madhya Pradesh coach, and the association there over the possibility of playing as a professional, where he would been expected to shore up a strong batting line-up comprising Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer and Shubham Sharma among others.
However, that deal fell through at the last moment, the reasons for which neither party has specified. ESPNcricinfo understands that he was persuaded by ACA to stay on prior to the Duleep Trophy, where he led South Zone to the title.
Having started his career with Hyderabad, Vihari moved to Andhra in 2015-16. He then briefly returned to Hyderabad prior to the 2021-22 season before moving to Andhra again.
In his 16-match Test career to date, Vihari has scored 839 runs at an average of 33.56 with his lone century coming in the West Indies.
*The story was up to date with the ACA’s response.
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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