Kerala players face the wrath of suspension after campaign against Sachin Baby

All the cricketers sent a letter to the state's board during a recent tour of the Kerala side in Sri Lanka.

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The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), on Friday, August 31, has suspended five players and slapped eight of them with fines for showing dissent towards Sachin Baby, their captain, through a “signature campaign” during their tour of Sri Lanka in June 2018. Sandeep S Warrier, Asif K, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Raiphi Vincent Gomez and Rohan Prem have been punished.

All the players have been barred from playing the first three One Dayers of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. They will also be fined an amount equivalent to their match fees. The other eight players are V.A. Jagadeesh, Sijomon Joseph, Salman Nizar, Nidheesh M D, Fabid Farook Ahmed,  Akshay KC, Abhishek Mohan and most importantly, Sanju Samson, one of their most experienced players.

Actually some senior players were behind this move

All the cricketers sent a letter to the state’s board during a recent tour of the Kerala side in Sri Lanka, stating that they were dissatisfied with the captaincy of Baby. However, they didn’t discuss the same either with Baby or the manager on the tour. Sreejith Nair, the board secretary, threw light on the matter as per reports in Cricbuzz.

“Actually some senior players were behind this move. They planned this and juniors signed the complaint as per directions of seniors. The main allegations raised by them was the captain was arrogant to players, he took the credit when team wins and put [blame] on others when team loses… he created division in team etc,” Nair mentioned.

The association had an individual hearing with all the alleged players before issuing a show cause notice to get replies from the players. On Thursday, the association held another meeting and came to a conclusion that “it was clearly evident that the players were involved in endangering the harmony, stability and interest of the Association and also engaged in the signature campaign against the captain.”

“During the preliminary enquiry, all players failed to establish the same [accusations],” Nair added. The board eventually concluded that it was a premeditated move from the players to denigrate the captain and the board.

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