Relegation threatened Delhi anticipated to sack head coach Abhay Sharma after woeful Ranji Trophy 2022/23 outing

Delhi are at present beneath risk of getting relegated from the Elite division of the Ranji Trophy after failing to win a single recreation from their 4 matches performed. The DDCA are at present mulling sacking of the pinnacle coach, reported PTI.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 7, 2023 14:49 IST

Delhi’s Druv Shorey reacts in agony after getting dismissed. (PTI Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Delhi head coach Abhay Sharma’s days could possibly be numbered because the Cricket Advisory Committee led by Nikhil Chopra, Gursharan Singh and Reema Malhotra are set to sack the previous Railways skipper for the group’s non-performance within the ongoing Ranji Trophy. Delhi have two factors from 4 video games and are at risk of ending final within the group. Abhay’s selections have come beneath the scanner and not one of the prime brass are pleased with him.

“After the selection committee being handed pink slip, Abhay can’t escape the axe as he is equally responsible for this debacle. Selectors have selected the squad but what kind of XI is being chosen by him,” a senior DDCA director instructed PTI on situation of anonymity.

Abhay had pipped former India off-spinner Sarandeep Singh to the pinnacle coach’s submit and lots of in DDCA consider it was a fallacious choice.

“Bring a stop-gap coach and then take it from thereon,” the director stated.

Unceremoniously dumped by Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) from the submit of chief selector, a harm Gagan Khoda on Friday stated that he was baffled after not being given a chance to clarify his viewpoint on Delhi’s debacle within the ongoing Ranji Trophy.

Khoda, together with fellow selectors Mayank Sidhana and Anil Bhardwaj, have been sacked by the DDCA’s Cricket Advisory Committee after a stinker from president Rohan Jaitley.

“I really don’t need any money from DDCA. I am an outsider and I didn’t know any academies or camps or how cricket is run in Delhi. I genuinely wanted to make a difference. But I wasn’t even given a chance to explain myself,” a peeved Khoda, who was a nationwide selector until the beginning of 2021, instructed PTI.

“I was appointed less than a week before Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. How do I get to see the players and build a team? Is that also my fault that I was appointed one month after I applied?”

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Jan 7, 2023