Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara To Be Felicitated Ahead Of Start Of Rajkot Test

Jan 9, 2019 at 4:12 PM

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Ravindra Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara To Be Felicitated Ahead Of Start Of Rajkot Test

The Saurashtra Cricket Association (S.C.A) has decided to felicitate its Test cricketers as a mark of respect to their contribution to the nation and state just before the start of the historic Test between India and England at Rajkot. The list includes the players like Dhiraj Parsana, Karsan Ghavri, Yajurvindra Singh, Dilip Doshi Salim Durani and Jaydev Unadkat. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja are the other two players who will the part of the squad for the series and both will witness the history in making.

“These are the players who have played for Saurashtra in the Ranji Trophy. The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Vijay Rupani will felicitate them. We are also trying to make special merchandise to commemorate the first Test at Rajkot,” said the Vice-President of BCCI and current President of SCA, Niranjan Shah.

Earlier, SCA invited Prime Minister Narender Modi to be part of the first ever Test match to be played at Rajkot but it looks like the PM will not be able to make it to the event. Shah said that in Modi’s absence, Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat, will felicitate the players.

This is a unique idea by S.C.A. to show respect to the players in whatever way they can. Surely, the might have taken inspiration from Delhi Government, who also organised a felicitation ceremony before the start of Kotla Test against South Africa last year. However, the ceremony was cancelled at last minute as the ceremony was organised by Delhi government and not the state Board. There was a news that BCCI sent an e-mail to DDCA not to allow any ceremony in playing area and hence, it got cancelled.

Reports also added some players had already made it to the ground and few were on their way when they were informed about the last minute cancellation.

However, this ceremony is organised by the state board with full authority from BCCI. This will be the first ever Test match that will be played in Rajkot at SCA Stadium. Visakhapatnam, Mohali, Mumbai and Chennai will host the succeeding four games.

England have already named their squad for the series whereas the Indian national selectors will table a meeting on Wednesday to select the 15-member squad for the five Tests.

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