Former India player Rohan Gavaskar, son of cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, has joined the Kapil Dev-led rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) for "an opportunity to compete with international players again".
"I signed the papers recently. The prime reason is to get an opportunity to compete with international players again." Rohan told IANS.
Rohan's father Sunil Gavaskar has been asked by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to format its own league that will challenge the rebel league.
But before the BCCI plans could take shape, ICL snapped up Rohan, the seventh Bengal cricketer to join the league.
"The selectors are focussed on the younger players and no matter how well you perform in the domestic circuit, your chances are slim. The selectors tend to look at players who are in their early 20s. Money was not the primary reason," he said.
Rohan, who has captained Bengal, said that it was not an easy decision to leave the side with which he had been associated for the last 12 years.
The player averages 18 from 11 ODIs with a highest score of 54. The left-hander has 6,829 runs in 114 first-class matches, with 37 wickets at an average of 50 each.
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