Telangana, Jharkhand teams question U’khand players’ eligibility in beach handball event at National Games
PNS | DEHRADUN
The teams from Telangana and Jharkhand now participating in the beach handball event at the 38th National Games in Rishikesh questioned the eligibility of players playing for Uttarakhand. The chairman, jury, beach handball competition at 38th National Games, Shyamala Pavan Kumar said that the Telangana team manager had submitted his team’s complaint in this matter on January 27. As per the complaint, five players from the Uttarakhand team have not met the eligibility criteria set by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Telangana team played their match under protest and asked for the nullification of the match result along with disqualification of the Uttarakhand team in accordance with the rules, said Kumar in a letter to the director of competition, Beach Handball, 38th National Games.
He further said that the Uttarakhand team manager had been informed of the complaint and directed to submit documents confirming the eligibility of the players under question by January 28.
“But unfortunately, despite being given a reasonable amount of time, the Uttarakhand team manager failed to provide any documents confirming the eligibility of their players by the specified deadline. Subsequently, a letter was sent to authority of this competition, urging it to consider the applicable IOA regulations and the Rules of the Game for Beach Handball and explain why the Uttarakhand team should not be disqualified from the competition and also why the match should not be nullified according to the established rules,” the letter reads, adding that the Jharkhand team manager had also submitted a complaint.
Notably, on the inaugural day of the competition on January 27, the Uttarakhand team had beaten the Telangana team in the beach handball competition with scores of 17-6 and 19-12.
