The Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) is facing a fresh controversy after alleged assault on its Under-19 head coach S Venkataraman, by three local cricketers at the association’s training facility on Monday. The incident took place because the players were upset by their exclusion from the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). They attacked Venkataraman and a report by The Indian Express mentioned that the coach, the formed CAP Secretary sustained a head injury which required 20 stitches and a shoulder fracture.

The attack took place in the morning around 11 AM in the indoor nets complex of CAP following which an FIR was filed at the Sedarapet police station. When the complaint was lodged, three names came in focus – Karthikeyan Jayasundaram, a senior player, A Aravinddaraj and

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