Haryana captain Ashok Maneria revealed the reason behind his decision to leave Rajasthan after guiding his team to the maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023 on October 16.

Notably, Haryana crushed Rajasthan by 30 runs in the final to clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023, and this win couldn’t have been sweeter than this for Maneria.

The Haryana skipper revealed that the Rajasthan Cricket Association didn’t take care of his injury and even accused him of a fake injury, which led him to lose his confidence.

But at that time, Haryana offered to help him. Maneria said Haryana backed him, and he was happy to meet their expectations.

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As reported by The Indian Express, Ashok Maneria: “Last year, I picked up a hamstring injury. I think they (Rajasthan Cricket) should’ve taken better care of me. Par mujhe bola gya ki tu jabardasti injured ho raha hai (But I was told that I was acting injured). I’d lost trust in myself and was feeling low, but Haryana Cricket backed me and invited me to play for them.”

Praisingthe  Haryana team, Menaria noted: “I think in India, our team is maybe the only one that bats till number 11 and we have 6-7 bowling options. Our strategy has been to stitch partnerships in the middle overs and then hand it over to Tewatia and Sumit, who did the job today as well.”

He signed off by saying, “We’ve played a lot of games under pressure, so even with challenging conditions, we were used to getting across it. Rajasthan, I personally felt,wase largely dependent on a few batters. I know all of their players well and it came in handy.”

(With The Indian Express Inputs)