India, Jan. 22 -- Did the Kerala Strikers deliberately exclude Rajeev Pillai from its 22-member squad for CCL 2026? That's been the big question ever since Rajeev was seen in the dug out of the Mumbai Heroes and was then a part of the 11-member team that took the field against the Strikers on January 18. Rajeev's on-field tryst lasted all of one ball, when he was then run out - an outcome that the Strikers celebrated rather vociferously. Following this match, Rajeev was subjected to intense trolling by netizens who felt that he had abandoned the Kerala team after being a part of it since the very start.

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