Ashok Dinda Dropped From Bengal Ranji Trophy Squad After He Abuses Bowling Coach
Published - 25 Dec 2019, 12:09 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:02 AM
Out-of-favour India fast-bowler Ashok Dinda has landed in hot waters once again, this time for abusing Bengal’s bowling coach. Consequently, the Bengal pace spearhead has been dropped from the Ranji Trophy squad for abusing Ranadeb Bose. According to reports, Ashok Dinda and Bose were not on good terms.
And in the latest turn of events, Ashok Dinda lost his cool and ended up abusing Bose in front of other Bengal players. Bose lodged a complaint with Cricket Association of Bengal, which asked Dinda to apologise to the coach. However, Ashok Dinda flouted the orders and was subsequently dropped from the Ranji Trophy squad.
This is not the first time that Ashok Dinda has been dropped from the Bengal squad in the ongoing season. He was kept out of the squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy too, following which he did not turn up for the training sessions. There were reports that he is also considering to join another team as a professional.
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Bengal had named the right-arm pacer in their squad and he had started the competition by taking three wickets against Kerala. But he is now unlikely to play for the team again this season. Media reports suggest that he is expected to miss the remainder of the season and turn up for any other state as a professional in 2020/21 season.
More setbacks:
Ashok Dinda recently went unsold in IPL 2020 auction as he suffered yet another setback in his career . Dinda’s name didn’t feature in the initial list. He, along with five other players, was added to the list on the day of the auction. Dinda hasn’t played an IPL game since 2017.
He last played for India way back in 2013 during the home series against England. After making his debut against Sri Lanka in 2009, Dinda represented the national team in 13 ODIs and 9 T20Is, picking up a total of 29 wickets across formats. He has also not played in the IPL since 2017. The right-arm pacer played 78 games, picking 68 wickets while conceding at an economy-rate of 8.22.
