Take That

Kedar Jadhav will now have to resign himself to the fate of playing for Bangalore Royal Challengers after latter refused to release him to play for Delhi Daredevils

The ‘problem of plenty’ has turned sour for city lad Kedar Jadhav. The high of being offered a rookie contract by Bangalore Royal Challengers reached a feverish pitch three weeks later when the dashing top-order batsman got a contract with the Delhi Daredevils’ main team. It was then that the script started to unfold the way Kedar probably wouldn’t have desired. The Bangalore Royal Challengers refused to release Kedar so that he could play for Delhi Daredevils.Mind you, a rookie contract implies that Kedar would be part of the BRC team with little or no chance of getting a look-in in the playing eleven.

To be fair to Kedar, any cricketer in his shoes would have acted the way he has - opt for a main team contract rather than settle for a rookie contract. It’s just that the timing which has complicated matters. Interestingly, Kedar signed a ‘consent letter’ at Bangalore but is yet to receive the main contract. So, what’s the road ahead for Kedar? "Kedar will have to stay with Bangalore Royal Challengers this season. His contract is arriving in a few days time," said MCA president Ajay Shirke.

It is widely learned that Bangalore Royal Challengers has asked for a financial compensation of Rs 20 lakh from to release Kedar for Delhi Daredevils. Is MCA in the know of it? "I’ve no comments to make on the same," Shirke offered a straight bat.It’s not clear whether the financial compensation was asked from MCA or from Delhi Daredevils. So, what is Delhi Daredevils' TN Sekar has to say on the same?

"Players like Kedar must show more maturity in future. Kedar is an exciting talent, so it’s unfortunate to see an innocent boy like him miss out playing in our main team because he first signed up with Bangalore Royal Challengers.Is he aware of the financial compensation demanded by BRC? "I don’t want to get into that," he played safe. To top it all, Kedar has been included in the MCA Blue team for the MCA Open Invitational Super League.