Ambati Rayudu on Saturday accused the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) of indulging in corrupt practices and appealed to Telangana’s Industry and Municipal Administration minister KT Rama Rao to look into the matter.
Rayudu alleged corruption in the HCA one day after taking a break for a few weeks from playing first-class cricket for Hyderabad.
"Hello sir @KTRTRS, I request u to plz look into nd address the rampant corruption prevailing in hca. Hw can hyderabad be great when it's cricket team is influenced by money and corrupt people who have numerous ACB (Anti-Corruption Bureau) cases against them which are being swept under the carpet," Rayudu tweeted.
This was Rayudu's first tweet after his ‘3D glasses' tweet after the World Cup 2019 squad selection when all-rounder Vijay Shankar was chosen over him.
Rayudu opted out of the Ranji Trophy team this season. In an interview to Telangana Today, he said, “In all honesty, I was looking forward to play for Hyderabad in Ranji Trophy this season. But unfortunately the script did not go on the expected lines. There is a lot of politics in the team and the atmosphere was not conducive for good cricket. I felt very uncomfortable.”
Rayudu announced his exit from all formats of cricket during the World Cup, but a few months later, did a U-turn and said that he is open to play for national cricket as well as the Indian Premier League.
In an interview to Sportstar at the time, the batsman then said that his decision wasn’t emotional, and could have been spurred by being dropped from the World Cup. After being snubbed by the Indian cricket selectors twice, Rayudu announced his exit from the game.
“Not really an emotional decision. No. I mean I had worked a lot for the World Cup for four to five years. Obviously, you will be a bit disappointed. But I had thought maybe it was time, not because it was rejection or emotion, but you work towards something and maybe then you want something else,” he was quoted as saying.
With IANS inputs