{"id":309414,"date":"2025-12-10T19:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309414\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:17:15","slug":"cricket-coach-assaulted-with-bat-over-team-selection-suffers-20-stitches-report-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/309414\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket coach assaulted with bat over team selection, suffers 20 stitches: Report | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cricket-bat.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket coach assaulted with bat over team selection, suffers 20 stitches: Report\" title=\"AI generated image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI: The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is facing fresh controversy after its Under-19 head coach, S Venkataraman, was allegedly assaulted inside the association\u2019s training facility on Monday by three local cricketers upset over being dropped from the squad for the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>According to an Indian Express report, the attack took place around 11 am at CAP\u2019s indoor nets. Venkataraman, a former CAP secretary, suffered a severe head injury requiring 20 stitches and a fracture in his shoulder. The assault has led to an FIR at the Sedarapet police station. <\/p>\n<p>Who Went Where? ISPL Season 3 Auction Turns Star-Heavy<\/p>\n<p>Sub-Inspector S Rajesh, confirming the gravity of the assault, said: \u201cVenkataraman received 20 stitches on his forehead, but he is stable. The said players are absconding, and we are trying to track them.\u201dIn his complaint, Venkataraman named three players \u2014 senior cricketer Karthikeyan Jayasundaram and first-class players A Aravinddaraj and S Santhosh Kumaran \u2014 as the assailants. He also accused G Chandran, secretary of the Bharathidasan Pondicherry Cricketers\u2019 Forum, of inciting them. Venkataraman alleged: \u201cWhile Aravinddaraj held me, Karthikeyan took the bat that Santhosh Kumaran had and attacked me\u2026 They hit me, saying Chandran had told them that they would get a chance only if they killed me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should the Cricket Association of Pondicherry investigate the claims of favoritism towards outstation players?<\/p>\n<p>The Bharathidasan forum denied any role in the attack. Its president Senthil Kumaran countered, claiming Venkataraman had a history of complaints and strained relationships with local cricketers.The assault comes a day after an Indian Express investigation exposed alleged manipulation within the CAP to deny opportunities to Puducherry-born players while favouring \u201coutstation\u201d cricketers with forged domicile documents. Only five Puducherry-born players have played <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ranji-trophy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranji Trophy<\/a> matches since 2021, the report found.As per the same report, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia acknowledged the findings, stating that they \u201craise some serious issues\u201d that will be examined. CAP declined to comment on the attack, while its CEO Raju Metha defended the association\u2019s governance and insisted there was \u201czero tolerance for corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is facing fresh controversy after its Under-19 head coach, S&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[123516,1721,123512,123517,123514,123513,48672,123515,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-309414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-bcci-statement-on-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-coach-assaulted","tag-cricket-selection-controversy","tag-player-safety-in-sports","tag-pondicherry-cricket-association","tag-ranji-trophy","tag-s-venkataraman-injury","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}