"Few people in power to destroy me" – Mithali takes it to Edulji and Powar

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Breaking his silence after being eliminated from the eleventh game for the T20 World Cup semi-final against England, Mithali Raj criticized Diana Edulji, a member of the Trustees' Committee, and coach Ramesh Powar, in a letter. scathing to Rahul Johri, CEO of BCCI Saba Karim, General Manager of Cricket Operations. While expressing his dismay at the decision, Mithali says in the letter that "few people in power want to destroy me" .Mithali, who has marked the half-century since the beginning of the tournament, has particularly directed his anger against Edulji Edulji, a former Indian woman captain, had said Monday that "too much" was being read in the decision to leave Mithali out for the match.

the decision not to change a winning combination and that went against us, "said Edulji, quoted by PTI. "If India won the match, I'm sure no one would have questioned his decision. We can not question team eleven. "

However, Mithali, who with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur met Johri and Karim on Tuesday, is not convinced by Edulji's argument.

"For the first time in my 20-year career, I felt depressed, depressed and depressed," reads his letter. "I am compelled to think if my services in my country are useful to some people in power who want to destroy me and break my confidence."

"I would also like to point out that I have nothing against the captain of the T20, Harmanpreet Kaur , if not the fact that she called to support the coach's decision to leave. me on the eleven was confusing and hurtful. I wanted to win the World Cup for my country and it hurts me because we lost a golden opportunity.

"To put things into perspective, I have always trusted Diana Edulji and I have always respected her, as well as her position as a member of the ACO, I never thought that she would use her position against me, and more after learning all that I had to undergo in the Caribbean, as I told her about it.

"His brazen support in the press about The decision of my bench in the half The final of the T20 World Cup has deeply upset me, even more so because she knows the real facts that spoke to me.

Mithali also spoke out against Powar, who had been appointed to a short-term job, a long-term contract in the role and her term ends with the tournament in the West Indies. series of cases where she felt offended by the coach in her letter.

"For example, if I retreated I sit anywhere I look in the nets when others If I try to approach him to speak, start looking in his phone and keep walking, "she wrote. "It was embarrbading and very obvious to everyone that I was humiliated. Yet I have never lost my temper. "

Powar should meet Wednesday Johri and Karim.

(With PTI entries)

First published: November 27, 2018, 4:18 PM IST