Veteran Bengal bowler Ashoke Dinda hasn’t been included in the 16-member squad for the Elite Group A Ranji Trophy clash against Gujarat starting on Friday. The cricketer is already under fire as earlier, he was axed from the squad after he hurled abuses at bowling coach Ranadeb Bose during training.
As per several reports, Dinda has had disciplinary issues in the past and the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) was forced to drop him.
“Based on team management views, the selectors didn't consider Mr Dinda for inclusion in the Team at this stage,” CAB secretary Avishek Dalmiya said in a statement.
The 35-year-old, who has played in 13 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals for India, had earlier threatened not to play for Bengal after being ignored for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy squad. Meanwhile, out-of-form Sudip Chatterjee was also not picked.
The state selectors also roped in uncapped lefthanded batsman Kazi Junaid Safi in place of struggling Sudip Chatterjee. Bengal have slipped to seventh place with nine points from two matches in the Elite Cross Pool.
Bengal Squad:
Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Abhishek Raman, Manoj Tiwary, Anustup Majumder, Shreevats Goswami, Arnab Nandi, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Ishan Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sudip Gharami, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Koushik Ghosh, B Amit, Ayan Bhattacharya, Kazi Junaid Saifi.