Gujarat Giants Gave 'Bewildering' Reasoning For My Omission: Deandra Dottin

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 Rs 60 lakh by the Adani-owned side, but before the start of the tournament, she was excluded from the squad on medical grounds. The Giants had stated that Dottin failed to get medical clearance by the deadline, which was the reason why they replaced her with Australia's Kim Garth. But Dottin refuted the claims made by the franchise. (More Cricket News)

"I wish to issue a brief statement in light of ongoing speculation surroundinꩵg my recent exclusion from the inaugural Women's Premier League that is currently taking place in India.

"I remain deeply disappointed by what can only, plausibly, be described as bewildering reasoning for my omission from the t♈ournament," Dottin said in statement which she posted on Twitter.

"I was bought at 🍎the WPL auction by the ꧒Gujarat Giants, a franchise owned and operated by the Adani Group. At the commencement of the tournament, the franchise claimed that I was excluded from the team because I was apparently "recovering from a medical situation".

"This was followed by a subsequent, clarifying statement that contended that I was, in fact "unable to obtain medical clearance" despite being granted as recently as February 20th♎,"; she said.

The veteran of 143 ODIs 🍎and 127 T20Is said that she was shocked by the decis🍬ion taken by Giants' team management.

"I would like to make it clear that I had exp🦹erienced 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 inv♈estigations by the specialꩲists, I was asked to rest until February 13th and was cleared to resume fitness and playing activity from February 14th.

"Consequently, I recommenced my personal training and fitness regime according to the guided timelines and experienced some soreness on th🌄e first day of resumed training which was anticipated and reasonable, given that I had been asked to rest in the w♒eeks preceding training." Dotting said her words were 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 abdominal pain post-session" which was not what I had indicated.

"The franchise, subsequently, insisted that I get myself assessed locally in Canada, where I am currently based, despite medical clearance being granted as recently as February 20th 🥃by my treating surgeon, Dr lan Lewis, a copy of which had been presented to Giaꦬnts," she added."