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Former India opener batsman and current East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir has accused ex-captain Bishan Singh Bedi of nepotism. Gambhir said that Bedi tried to include his ‘undeserving’ son Angad Singh Bedi in Delhi’s age-group teams.
The allegation came after Bedi denied Gambhir’s accusation of the former blocking Navdeep Saini’s selection in the Delhi Ranji team.
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Hours after Bedi lashed out at Gambhir by saying, “he can’t stoop to conquer”, the former cricketer-turned BJP MP tweeted: “BishanBedi talking about ‘stooping to conquer’, man who was pushing his undeserving son for selection or ChetanChauhanCr bent on getting his nephew in DDCA team. Shame. Also reproducing Bedi’s comments on Navdeep in a protest letter of 2013. (sic)”
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😂 @BishanBedi talking about “stooping to conquer” 😂,man who was pushing his undeserving son for selection or @ChetanChauhanCr bent on getting his nephew in DDCA team. Shame. Also reproducing Bedi’s comments on Navdeep in a protest letter of 2013. Read onhttps://t.co/hhwMDViipZ
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 4, 2019
Meanwhile, Gambhir attached a report from 2013 in which Bedi had written a letter questioning Saini’s selection as the speedster wasn’t from the Delhi domicile.
After Saini starred in his India debut against the West Indies in the first T20 international in Florida on Saturday, Gambhir had slammed Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) members and Chetan Chauhan for objecting to his call to include Saini in the Delhi Ranji team.
Haryana-lad Saini had a dream debut in the international arena as he scalped 3 wickets for just 17 runs in his four overs against the West Indies and won the Man of the Match award.
Reportedly, Bedi and Chauhan were part of the faction of DDCA members who had not approved Gambhir’s choice to include Saini in the Delhi team. However, Gambhir continued to put his weight behind Saini and the right-arm pacer has been on the money since then.
(With inputs from IANS)
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