MCA disciplinary committee recommends 3-match ban for U-19 captain Agni Chopra

Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) disciplinary committee yesterday recommended a three-match suspension for Mumbai's U-19 captain Agni Chopra for allegedly abusing U-19 coach Satish Samant and the selectors

Mumbai Cricket Association's (MCA) disciplinary committee yesterday recommended a three-match suspension for Mumbai's U-19 captain Agni Chopra for allegedly abusing U-19 coach Satish Samant and the selectors. The MCA managing committee will take a final call on the matter today. "He [Agni] gave us a written apology. Boys make mistakes and though we don't want to punish them, a strong message must go out to other players too," MCA vice-president Vinod Deshpande, who chaired the disciplinary committee meeting, told mid-day yesterday.

Agni Chopra

Apart from MCA office bearers Mumbai's chief selector Ajit Agarkar, managing committee member Pravin Amre and former skipper Amol Muzumdar were special invitees at the meeting. Furious U-19 selectors shot off a letter to MCA last week complaining that Agni (the son of well known Bollywood producer-director Vidhu Vinod Chopra) had hurled abuses at them during a social media conversation with teammates. The selectors and coach provided a screenshot of the chat as proof.

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