Deccan Chronicle

Heartbroke­n Raina asks for help ZAMPA COMES IN FOR KANE

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

In an effort to put to rest intense speculatio­ns over his surprise IPL pullout, Suresh Raina on Tuesday took to Twitter to say he was grieving his relatives who were murdered in a midnight robbery.

Raina however, didn’t specify that was the exact reason for his leaving the CSK camp.

Ever since he took a redeye to reach India last weekend, various reports have claimed there was ‘a serious bubble breach’, ‘team rift’ and a ‘hotel room issue’ that led to Raina’s return.

A day after CSK boss N. Srinivasan issued a denial saying his comments on Raina were wrongly attributed, the cricketer said his uncle was murdered in a “horrible” incident in Pathankot.

“What happened to my family is Punjab was beyond horrible. My uncle was slaughtere­d to death, my bua & both my cousins had severe injuries. Unfortunat­ely, my cousin also passed away last night after battling for life for days. My bua is still very very critical and is on life support (sic),” Raina tweeted.

Raina also requested the

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to look into the matter.

“Till date, we don’t know what exactly had happened that night & who did this. I request @PunjabPoli­ceInd to look into this matter. We at least deserve to know who did this heinous act to them. Those criminals should not be spared to commit more crimes,” his second tweet added.

New Delhi, Sept. 1: Legspinner Adam Zampa has been called up by Royal Challenger­s Bangalore to replace fellow Australian Kane Richardson, who pulled out of the Indian Premier League for the birth of his first child.

Both Richardson and Zampa are currently in Britain as part of Australia’s squad.

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