<p>Bengaluru: The Andhra Cricket Association has served a show-cause notice to Hanuma Vihari a month after the India batter accused the governing body of unceremoniously removing him from captaincy and vowed not to play for the state again.</p><p>However, Vihari is yet to respond to the notice which was served after the ACA Apex Council meeting a few days ago.</p><p>“Yes, we have served him a show-cause notice and we are awaiting his reply,” an ACA official told <em>PTI</em> on conditions of anonymity.</p>.<p>However, the official said the association did not want to prolong the issue.</p><p>“This is just to find what made him react the way he did last month. He has not reached out to us, so this is a chance for him to come out with his grievances.</p><p>“After all, we value Vihari and his contributions to the growth of state cricket as he has played a big part in Andhra going up in the ranks in domestic cricket,” he added.</p>.<p>The train of unsavoury incidents began soon after Andhra lost to Madhya Pradesh in this year’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.</p><p>The 30-year-old right-handed batter took to social media to accuse the ACA of stripping him of captaincy right after Andhra’s first match of the season against Bengal.</p><p>However, at that time Vihari attributed the decision to “personal reasons.” But in his Instagram post, Vihari said the ACA acted under pressure from a local politician after his son, a 17th player during that match, complained that the middle-order batter shouted swear words at him.</p>.Hanuma Vihari vows not to play for Andhra again.<p>“I have decided that I will never play for Andhra where I lost my self-respect,” Vihari wrote in his emotional outburst.</p><p>Later, Vihari, who played 16 Tests for India, also posted a letter of support from his fellow Andhra players on his X account.</p><p>However, KN Prudhuvi Raj, the 17th player during the match against Bengal, also took to social media and lambasted Vihari for making false accusations against him.</p><p>“Personal attacks and vulgar language are not acceptable in any kind of human platform. Everyone in the team knows what happened that day,” wrote Raj on his Instagram handle. </p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Andhra Cricket Association has served a show-cause notice to Hanuma Vihari a month after the India batter accused the governing body of unceremoniously removing him from captaincy and vowed not to play for the state again.</p><p>However, Vihari is yet to respond to the notice which was served after the ACA Apex Council meeting a few days ago.</p><p>“Yes, we have served him a show-cause notice and we are awaiting his reply,” an ACA official told <em>PTI</em> on conditions of anonymity.</p>.<p>However, the official said the association did not want to prolong the issue.</p><p>“This is just to find what made him react the way he did last month. He has not reached out to us, so this is a chance for him to come out with his grievances.</p><p>“After all, we value Vihari and his contributions to the growth of state cricket as he has played a big part in Andhra going up in the ranks in domestic cricket,” he added.</p>.<p>The train of unsavoury incidents began soon after Andhra lost to Madhya Pradesh in this year’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal.</p><p>The 30-year-old right-handed batter took to social media to accuse the ACA of stripping him of captaincy right after Andhra’s first match of the season against Bengal.</p><p>However, at that time Vihari attributed the decision to “personal reasons.” But in his Instagram post, Vihari said the ACA acted under pressure from a local politician after his son, a 17th player during that match, complained that the middle-order batter shouted swear words at him.</p>.Hanuma Vihari vows not to play for Andhra again.<p>“I have decided that I will never play for Andhra where I lost my self-respect,” Vihari wrote in his emotional outburst.</p><p>Later, Vihari, who played 16 Tests for India, also posted a letter of support from his fellow Andhra players on his X account.</p><p>However, KN Prudhuvi Raj, the 17th player during the match against Bengal, also took to social media and lambasted Vihari for making false accusations against him.</p><p>“Personal attacks and vulgar language are not acceptable in any kind of human platform. Everyone in the team knows what happened that day,” wrote Raj on his Instagram handle. </p>