India cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara will not be accessible for Sussex’s County Championship opening conflict after delays in issuing his visa. Sussex are to being their marketing campaign in opposition to Nottinghamshire from April 7 (Thursday).
Pujara had signed a contract with Sussex to play of their first six matches of the season after which return later for the Royal London Cup and extra championship matches. However, the delay, a results of Ukraine disaster, means the Indian will solely be accessible from the second match onwards.
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“Securing overseas players has been tremendously difficult in the current climate. We renegotiated the initial Pujara contract so he could return for more County Championship and Royal London Cup matches, and this subsequently changed the visa requirements,” Sussex Performance Director Keith Greenfield was quoted as saying on the club’s website.
“On top of this, the Ukraine crisis has meant that the Home Office redirected their resources to help with the displacement of Ukrainian citizens. We were expecting Pujara to be with us last weekend but can now confirm he will be here at the back end of this week,” he added.
Sussex head coach Ian Salisbury is ‘extremely disappointed’ on missing someone like Pujara for their season opener. “Of course I am extremely disappointed that we will not have a player of Pujara’s experience and quality to be available for the opening day of the season, but we must move on and now focus on the game ahead of us,” Salisbury stated.
Pujara was dropped from India’s Test squad for his or her two-match dwelling collection in opposition to Sri Lanka. He has additionally been demoted in BCCI’s central contracts from Grade A+ to Grade B. This got here after the middle-order batter was discovered himself underneath stress because of lack of massive scores.
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