Deepak Hooda quits Baroda cricket team, report suggests he will play for Rajasthan

Vadodara: Experienced batsman Deepak Hooda has expectedly left the Baroda cricket team after a fall-out with skipper Krunal Pandya last season. He has been granted NOC by the Baroda Cricket Association. The development was confirmed to PTI on Thursday by BCA secretary Ajit Lele. In January, the BCA had suspended Hooda, who had stormed out of the camp before the start of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, for the last domestic season for “indiscipline” and “bringing disrespect to the game.” [caption id=“attachment_9188121” align=“alignnone” width=“640”]  File image of Deepak Hooda. Sportzpics[/caption] Hooda had claimed that Krunal had misbehaved with him. According to a report in the Indian Express, Hooda will play for Rajasthan in the upcoming domestic season. The 26-year-old Hooda, who made his first-class debut in 2014, has played 46 matches and scored 2,908 runs, with nine hundred, 15 fifties. A right-arm off-spinner Hooda has also 20 wickets to his name. Former India pacer Irfan Pathan termed the development as a “huge loss”. “How many cricket associations will loose out on a player who is in the Indian team probables list? Deepak Hooda leaving Baroda cricket is a huge loss. He could have easily given his services for another ten years as he is still young. As a Barodian It’s utterly disappointing,” tweeted Pathan. With inputs from PTI