When he didn’t get a place in the team, he beat the coach with a bat, got 20 stitches on his head, and fractured his shoulder.

Pondicherry Coach Assault With Bat: Cricket in India is not just a game, but people’s emotions are attached to it. Every person playing cricket wants to make a place in Team India or league like IPL by playing high level cricket. Meanwhile, a shocking news has come out from Pondicherry, in which it was told that the players beat the head coach with the bat after not getting a place in the team.

The coach reportedly received 20 stitches on his head and suffered a shoulder fracture in the incident. In this matter the coach has filed a complaint against 3 players. So let us know what is the whole matter.

Attacked regarding selection in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Pondicherry)

According to an Indian Express report, on Monday (08 December), Puducherry Cricket Association Under-19 head coach S Venkataraman was attacked with a bat by three players inside the association’s training facility because he was not selected for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

FIR registered (Pondicherry)

FIR of the case has been registered at Cedarpet Police Station. The report said that Sub-Inspector S Rajesh said that the three accused players are absconding and efforts are on to find them. Let us tell you that coach Venkataraman has named Karthikeyan Jayasundaram, A Aravindraj, and S Santosh Kumaran as the accused.

Apart from this, the coach also alleged that the three players attacked on the instructions of G Chandran, secretary of Bharathidasan Pondicherry Cricketers Forum. However, Bharathidasan Forum refuted this allegation and said that Venkataraman had a long history of disputes with local players and that he had misbehaved with them.

Puducherry’s performance in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Puducherry did not perform much in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The team defeated teams like Bengal, Haryana and Baroda, but failed to qualify for the Super League stage.