Deandra Dottin of West Indies made the headlines during the start of the WPL 2023 after she was excluded from the Gujarat Giants team, for “failing to clear fitness test.”
She had earlier hinted that there was some wrong doing with the reasons claimed for her absence from the marquee tournament, currently taking place in India.
On 20th March, however, she cleared the air regarding her exclusion from the team. Using the social media as a mode of delivering her message, Dotting made shocking revelations as to why she was excluded from the squad of Gujarat Giants.
Dotting make”Shocking Revelation”
Dotting started with clarifying that she was unable to obtain medical clearance ahead of the tournament. This had something to do with a medical condition she suffered in the December of 2022.
“I would like to make it clear that I had experienced 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 investigations by the specialists, 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 the first day of resumed training which was anticipated and reasonable, given that I had been asked to rest in the weeks preceding training.
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 Giants,” she added.
What shocked her the most was the deadline assigned to her for the submission of her fitness report. According to dotting she was asked to submit a report on consecutive day, after receiving an email.
Deandra Dotting expose double standards Gujarat Giants
And since she was not able to comply with the same in crunch time, the WPL franchise decided to drop her out of the tournament and named Kim Garth of Australia as her replacement.
Dotting who was bought for 60 lakhs in the inaugural auction has also accused that no other player was asked to submit or obtain any medical clearances.
Therefore the player is appalled at the treatment she has received from the Gujarat Giants franchise.
Although the franchise has abstained from commenting on the matter, it remains interesting to see what will their response to these allegation will be.
