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Delhi wicketkeeper under the scanner for ditching Ranji Trophy camp to join new IPL team's net session

Jan 14, 2025 11:12 AM IST

The IPL side said that the Delhi wicketkeeper had joined them in a nets session despite the state team conducting a camp for the next round of the Ranji Trophy

Delhi's Anuj Rawat could be in trouble after ditching his state side's preparation camp for the next round of the Ranji Trophy to join his new Indian Premier League (IPL) team's training session in Surat. The wicketkeeper-batter, who was picked by the Gujarat Titans after having spent three seasons with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), was mentioned among the players who had joined the nets session in the franchise's statement.

Rawat was among the names in Gujarat Titans' statement of players attending their session(BCCI)
Rawat was among the names in Gujarat Titans' statement of players attending their session(BCCI)

This comes at a time when the BCCI brass is adamant that players should give precedence to red-ball cricket during the season. "Gujarat Titans have commenced their preparations for the IPL 2025 with a training camp in Surat. Players like Anuj Rawat, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, Mahipal Lomror and Arshad Khan have joined the team in the camp along with the coaches and support staff," Gujarat Titans said in a statement.

‘Don’t know who gave him permission'

According to PTI, Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) secretary Ashok Sharma, who is also the convenor of the senior state team selection committee, had no knowledge of Rawat skipping the state camp.

"I have no knowledge that Anuj has skipped the ongoing Ranji Trophy camp to attend the IPL team's camp. Ideally, he needs to take permission from the state association. We have two Ranji games left and the camp is on at the Kotla. I don't know who gave him the permission to skip the Ranji Trophy camp," Sharma told PTI.

He further said that Ishant's case is different as he had informed the DDCA that he won't be playing red-ball domestic cricket as he is completely out of contention for a spot in the Indian Test team. "Ishant's case is different as he doesn't need DDCA's permission since he doesn't play Ranji Trophy," said Sharma.

The PTI report further states that any player wishing to attend an IPL pre-season conditioning camp while it is clashing with a state camp normally takes permission from either the president or the secretary of the state association leaving. "We have received a few official e-mail requests from certain players asking for permission to join their respective IPL camps but I can confirm that we have received no written request from Anuj Rawat. In that case, he shouldn't have joined the IPL camp," PTI quotes a a senior DDCA official as saying.

Last year, KKR's IPL-winning captain Shreyas Iyer, who will lead Punjab Kings this season, lost his central contract along with Ishan Kishan, for giving more importance to IPL than domestic cricket. Both players have since played for Mumbai and Jharkhand respectively across all formats. The left-handed Rawat, who is a student of Rajkumar Sharma, famous for being Virat Kohli's childhood coach, has played three red-ball games this season with only 97 runs in four innings with a highest score of 52.

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