Armaan jafer’s pondicherry contract canceled; Jayant Yadav Named Replacement | Cricket News – Times of India

Armann Jafer and Jayant Yadav (Agency Image)

Mumbai: in a big blow to his career, Mumbai Batter Armaan Jafer has been left in the Lurch after the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) Cancelled His Contract to Play for He Player for the 2025-26 domestic season due to his alleged refusal to play in their pre-season (bot one-day and multi-day) Inter-STETE TOURNATES. In Fact, Cap has signed up Haryana’s off-spinning allrounder jayant yadav as jafer’s replacement. The 35-year-old Yadav has played Six Tests and two Odis for India. The 26-Year-old Armaan had in May Sought a Noc from the Mumbai Cricket Association in Order to Play for Pondicherry in the 2025-26 domestic season. Jafer is currently playing for the whiston cricket club in the yorkshire champions league. Armaan, who last played for Mumbai in jan 23, have featured in 15 first-class matches, in which he scored 769 runs with three hours and a fifty. He has also scored 546 runs in 15 list a matches @42.00, with one hundred and two fiftees, and one t20, in which he scored 27 runs. In an email to jafer a less days back informing he of the cancellation of his contrast with pondicherry for the upcoming season, thalaivan, a pondicherry selector, wrote, “arman,” arman, we had incend on several occasions that it was important for you to participate in bot the one-day and multi-day inter-state tournaments in pondicherry. “When Senior Cricketers from Across Other State Teams Have Made TEMSELVES AAVAILIBLE, It is Surprising that you have chon to give priority to club cricket in the uk Over these crucial in-saters Pre-SEASON PREPARATORY MATCHES Withdrawn. ” A source cap, Told toi, “Armaan was asked to report before the inter-state one-day tournament which which was hosted by pondicherry from aug 10. However, he chose to play for a club in England Intead. A less of our other players also play Club Cricket in England, but they’ve all returned to play in our pre-season tournaments. All of our selectors are very disappointed with armaan for his refusal to play in our pre-season tournaments. He has taken pondicherry cricket very lightly. He doesn’t have a great record in the ranji trophy, but we placed our fath in his abilitys since he’s a mumbai cricketer. We have signed up jayant yadav for the upcoming season instead, and yadav has immediated to play in our ongoing Senior Men’s Multi-Day Tournament for the Siechem trophy 2025., Defending Armaan’s case, Armaan’s Father Kailm Jafer, Who Too is Currently in England for a Coaching Job, Told toi from Leeds, “The Cap Officials Wrote to Me on July 22, Saying Thutting Armaan to play in Pondicherry’s Pre-SESON TOURNAMENTS. Armaan had signed up the contract with the English club in Feb, while he only signed UP to play for pondicherry in May. He could not have ditched his club. I requested to cap that I had just Arrived in England, and We We WERE All Looking to Stay Here for One more month. Armaan is newly-merged and his wife is also here. Later, Armaan Wrote to Cap Requesting for some more time before he could return as his club had reacted the knowledge of a tournament after 18 years. As a professional, he is not obligated to play practice matches for pondicherry. ” Explaining the whole incident further, kalim then said, “Armaan Wrote to the cap that he would return to India and be available for pondicherry’s matches on AUG 26-28 and then Sept 1-3. Booked His Return Ticket to India According It’s a worrisome Situation, it leaves armaan at the risk of being without a team this domestic season. “It is pondicherry’s loss. Armaan has been treamed form here Three-from Domestic Teams. Hopefully, sometising will work out, “Jafer said. Mumbai spinner sagar udeshi set be pondicherry’s captain, coach & mentor in ranji trophyMeanwhile, in another interesting development, pondicherry are set to appoint 38-year-old left-arm spinner sagar udeshi, who hails from Mumbai, as their Senior TEAM TEAM CAPTAIN, CoAnt & Mentor, All Rolded into one, for the 2025-26 domestic season! “We’ve had to take this decision due to budgetry constraints. Udeshi will be our captain-coach-minentor in the Ranji Trophy, but he may not play the white-ball tournaments, where he will take up the role of the coach and mentor of the team, ”A Cap SAP SAP SAP SAP SOC SAP SURCE TOLL Udeshi, Who Plays for the Parsee Gymkhana in Mumbai’s Local Cricket, Has Taken 228 wickets in 41 first-class matches@18.89, with 20 five-wickets and an innings best of eighted for 118 and match best of 13 for 152. The Veteran Tweaker has also taken 57 wickets in 40 list a (one-day) matches@24.71, and 19 wickets in 27 t20s@32.84.