Shardul Thakur, Armaan Jaffer and Pradeep Sahu have been released from the Kings XI Punjab’s roster for the next four games of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 till a final call will be taken regarding their future with KXIP. This happened following Thakur angrily tweeted about KXIP not picking him for any game in this tournament.
“Will play a semi-final T20 game tomorrow for my club payyade sc..playing a game after two months. IPL has done wonders .. Certainly,” Thakur tweeted. He then later deleted this tweet.
“I was 31-32 by then, and had played for India, but I was still hurt after being asked to go back home. For a youngster like Thakur, this can be extremely difficult to deal with. He’s an India prospect, has played for India `A,’ and by doing this to him, you’re sending him the signal that he isn’t wanted in the scheme of things for your team.
“It can be tough for the self-esteem of a player. People come to know that you are at ‘home’ when you should be a part of the IPL. You tend to think: `why did they buy me when they didn’t want me in the first place?’ You are entitled to feel bad. I think the Board must stop this. The Governing Council must make a rule that you have to carry the players throughout the IPL,” he said.
