{"id":340015,"date":"2025-12-10T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340015\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:03:17","slug":"cricketers-assault-coach-leave-him-with-20-stitches-broken-shoulder-fir-lodged-after-major-scam-shakes-bcci-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/340015\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricketers assault coach, leave him with 20 stitches, broken shoulder; FIR lodged after major scam shakes BCCI: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is under renewed scrutiny after its Under-19 head coach, S Venkataraman, was allegedly assaulted inside the association\u2019s training facility on Monday by three local cricketers angered by their omission from the squad for the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), according to an Indian Express report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"S S Venkataraman was assaulted by cricketers for their non-selection(CAP) <\/p>\n

Venkataraman, a former CAP Secretary, sustained a head injury that required 20 stitches and suffered a shoulder fracture. The attack, which took place around 11 am inside the indoor nets at the CAP complex, led to an FIR at the Sedarapet police station.<\/p>\n

Sub-Inspector S Rajesh confirmed the severity of the assault. \u201cVenkataraman received 20 stitches on his forehead, but he is stable. The said players are absconding, and we are trying to track them. Further details will be revealed in due course,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In his police complaint, Venkataraman named three local players\u2014senior cricketer Karthikeyan Jayasundaram and first-class players A Aravinddaraj and S Santhosh Kumaran\u2014as the attackers. He also accused G Chandran, secretary of the Bharathidasan Pondicherry Cricketers\u2019 Forum, of provoking the trio.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint, the players confronted him over their exclusion from the state\u2019s T20 squad. \u201cWhile Aravinddaraj held me, Karthikeyan took the bat that Santhosh Kumaran had and attacked me with the intention of killing me. They hit me, saying Chandran had told them that they would get a chance only if they killed me,\u201d Venkataraman stated.<\/p>\n

The Bharathidasan Pondicherry Cricketers\u2019 Forum rejected allegations of instigation. Its president, Senthil Kumaran, said: \u201cVenkataraman has a documented history of several cases against him. He has often been known to behave rudely with local cricketers, using obscene language. His grudge against Chandran is also well-known, considering that we have repeatedly raised several issues within the CAP to the BCCI over the last seven years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incident unfolded a day after an Indian Express investigation<\/a> revealed systemic manipulation within the CAP to limit opportunities for Puducherry-born cricketers while allowing \u201coutstation players\u201d to be passed off as locals using forged documents. Only five Puducherry-born cricketers have featured in Ranji Trophy games since 2021, the report found.<\/p>\n

The findings drew a response from BCCI Secretary Devajit Saikia, who said the allegations \u201craise some serious issues\u201d and that the board would examine them soon.<\/p>\n

The CAP declined to comment on the assault case. However, in response to the investigation, CAP CEO Raju Metha defended the association\u2019s practices, asserting that all players had complied with BCCI regulations and that there was \u201czero tolerance for corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n

HT could not independently verify the information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is under renewed scrutiny after its Under-19 head coach, S Venkataraman, was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[188915,64,63,188916,740,188912,85,188914,188913],"class_list":["post-340015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-assault-incident","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bcci-regulations","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-association-of-pondicherry","tag-sports","tag-syed-mushtaq-ali-trophy","tag-under-19-head-coach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}