Vihari has accused Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) of political interference.
Indian cricketer Hanuma Vihari Has taken a shocking step. In fact, after the defeat against Madhya Pradesh in the fourth quarter-final of Ranji Trophy 2024 in Indore on February 26, Vihari has decided to never play for Andhra again. While chasing the target of 170 runs in the fourth innings, Andhra team was all out for 165 runs and lost the match by 5 runs. Hanuma Vihari scored the highest score of 55 runs.
After the team’s defeat, Vihari made an emotional post for his fans on social media. Along with this, it was also revealed about this, due to which he was removed from the captaincy after the first match of the season against Bengal. In his post he Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) has been accused of political interference.
Vihari accused of being removed from captaincy
Vihari has revealed that during the first match of the season, he had shouted at a player of his team and that player had used his father’s political power to get him removed from the captaincy, while Andhra had scored 410 runs to win the match. Had chased the runs.
After this incident, Andhra captaincy was handed over to Ricky Bhui, who is also the leading run scorer of the elite group with 902 runs in 113 innings this season. Vihari also accused the association of putting some players above the interest of the team and not allowing the team to progress.
Let us tell you that Vihari had a good season with the bat and he scored 522 runs in 13 innings at an average of 40.15, which included one century and three fifties.
KN Prithviraj’s revelation regarding Vihari
Meanwhile, Andhra wicketkeeper batsman KN Prithviraj openly revealed that he is the same player Vihari was talking about. While posting a story on his Instagram, Prithviraj accused Hanuma Vihari of spreading wrong information. He also accused Vihari of personal attacks and using abusive language. He said that Vihari did all this for sympathy.