India batter Hanuma Vihari has signed with Tripura forward of the brand new home season, with the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) granting him a no-objection certificates (NOC) for a similar.
According to sources on the ACA, the transfer occurred swiftly, with Vihari making use of for the NOC on Sunday and receiving it in 24 hours.
This brings to an finish a rocky relationship between him and the ACA. He had alleged “political interference” after stepping down as captain initially of the 2023-24 season and was wanting to change groups final season earlier than Nara Lokesh, the overall secretary of TDP, the state’s ruling social gathering, talked him out of it.
Vihari was most lately in motion within the just-concluded Andhra Premier League, the place he captained runner-up Amaravati Royals. He scored 299 runs in seven matches and was named the Player-of-the-Tournament.
The 31-year-old, who has represented India in 16 Tests between 2018 and 2022, has up to now performed 84 home matches (44 for Andhra and 40 with Hyderabad), scoring 6168 runs with 14 centuries and 32 half-centuries.
