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Ravindra Jadeja’s Appeal Rejected by IPL Governing Council

Ravindra Jadeja: Will Have to Sit-out IPL 2010

Looks like Ravindra Jadeja will have to pay a heavy price for his misadventures. The Rajasthan Royals all-rounder was handed down a 1 year ban for flouting the IPL’s terms and conditions – Jadeja was caught trying to negotiate a contract with other IPL teams, something which he was clearly not supposed to do.

He had subsequently filed an appeal with the BCCI. Jadeja pleaded innocence stating that his contract with the Rajasthan Royals team had expired in December 2009, and since they had not shown any interest in renewing his contract, he was free to sign a contract with another team.

At a meeting in Mumbai yesterday, that appeal was quashed by the BCCI President Shashank Manohar who rejected the plea citing that he didn’t want to set a wrong example by being lenient on Jadeja. That effectively kills the player’s chance of playing in IPL 2010 – indeed a big price to pay because it was in the IPL that he had first been noticed, and which was his stepping stone to the Indian cricket team. Of course and probably more importantly, that is also a huge financial loss for the young man – with this tarnished CV he will also find it tough to get a good contract in the future editions of the IPL, although two new teams joining in with IPL 2011, the avenues will widen.