Delhi U-23 cricketers sent back home by DCA for alleged misbehavior with female hotel staff

The District Cricket Association (DCA) has decided to dismiss two Delhi U-21 cricketers playing in the CK Nayudu Trophy for allegedly misbehaving with a female staff of a Kolkata hotel. The incident happened in a hotel in Kolkata where the players were put up, and the players who were involved are Kuldeep Yadav and Lakshay Thareja.

According to the Times of India, no official complain has been placed, DDCA has sent its official Sanjay Bhardwaj to examine the matter.

“Sanjay Bhardwaj is in Kolkata. The two boys are not playing the match against Bengal that started today. They are being sent back home for this serious breach of conduct. What we are hearing that they allegedly knocked on the doors of a female staffer and were identified by CCTV footage,” a senior DDCA official said.

By good fortune, there has not been any police complaint after the Delhi team put forward an unconditional apology to the hotel authorities.

Thareja has featured in one List-A game for Delhi, playing in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Chhattisgarh in October 2018 and knocked a fifty. While on the other hand, Kuldeep is a pacer, who was seen as Ishant Sharma replacement in Delhi’s next Ranji match against Punjab.

“With Ishant being unavailable and Pawan Suyal not in great shape, we would have required Kuldeep to partner Simar (Simarjeet) in the next game. Now we need to wait if DDCA takes any disciplinary action against these kids,” a selector said.

Another DDCA official told IANS: “While they are claiming that they were only talking loudly in the corridor and knocked on a couple of doors in a playful manner, there is more to it and needs investigating and the players might be suspended for a lengthy period of time.”

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