West Indian cricketer Deandra Dottin. Photo: @Dottin_5
West Indian Deandra Dottin has expressed disappointment at her exclusion from Women’s Premier League franchise Gujarat Giants, terming it “bewildering”.
The 31-year-old Caribbean all-rounder was signed for ₹60 lakh by the Adani-owned aspect, however earlier than the beginning of the match, she was excluded from the squad on medical grounds.
The Giants had said that Dottin did not get medical clearance by the deadline, which was the rationale why they changed her with Australia’s Kim Garth. But Dottin refuted the claims made by the franchise.
“I wish to issue a brief statement in light of ongoing speculation surrounding my recent exclusion from the inaugural Women’s Premier League that is currently taking place in India.
“I stay deeply disenchanted by what can solely, plausibly, be described as bewildering reasoning for my omission from the match,” Dottin said in statement which she posted on Twitter.
“I used to be purchased on the WPL public sale by the Gujarat Giants, a franchise owned and operated by the Adani Group. At the graduation of the match, the franchise claimed that I used to be excluded from the workforce as a result of I used to be apparently “recovering from a medical situation”.
“This was followed by a subsequent, clarifying statement that contended that I was, in fact “unable to acquire medical clearance” despite being granted as recently as February 20th,” she stated.
The veteran of 143 ODIs and 127 T20Is alleged that she was shocked by the choice taken by Giants’ workforce administration.
“I would like to make it clear that I had experienced minor abdominal pain and swelling for which I had sought treatment in December 2022. This was followed by two further referrals to specialists for second opinions in December and January 2023, respectively.
“Following testing and investigations by the specialists, I used to be requested to relaxation till February 13th and was cleared to renew health and enjoying exercise from February 14th.
“Consequently, I recommenced my personal training and fitness regime according to the guided timelines and experienced some soreness on the first day of resumed training which was anticipated and reasonable, given that I had been asked to rest in the weeks preceding training.”
Dotting stated her phrases had been misinterpreted by the Giants.
“I was transparent about this in correspondence with the Gujarat Giants physiotherapist, however, this was misconstrued and later conveyed to members of the franchise’s management team as me “experiencing stomach ache post-session” which was not what I had indicated.
“The franchise, subsequently, insisted that I get myself assessed domestically in Canada, the place I’m at present based mostly, regardless of medical clearance being granted as not too long ago as February 20th by my treating surgeon, Dr lan Lewis, a duplicate of which had been introduced to Giants,” she added.