The Indian team Test Squad was announced. The team is touring Sri Lanka starting July for 3 Test Matches and 5 ODIs. As expected, Sachin has returned from injury. He played against South Africa in the first test and did not play the in remaining two tests. He has made another come back from the injury.
Harbhajan, who was banned for slapping Sreesanth in the IPL match, also made a come back.
Dhoni, who opted to take rest is also sitting out and will be back for the ODI. So, he is not available for half of the tour.
The other top stars of Indian cricket, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman also part of the test side.
Yuvaraj Singh and Irfan Pathan were dropped for their poor form in Asis Cup. Also, they did not contribute in the South African tour.
Rohit Sharma and Ojha were given the chance this time.
The Squad:
Anil Kumble (Captain), Virender Sehwag (Vice Captain), Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Parthiv Patel, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, and Sachin Tendulkar
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Samuel to Fight Two Year Ban!
Marlon Samuel has hired lawyers to fight his case agains the two year ban. The disciplinary committee found Samuel breached section C4 of the ICC's Code of Conduct regulations, which involves receiving money, benefit or other reward which could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute.
"From the outset, we wish to make it pellucidly clear that we propose to challenge the findings of the majority [3 to 1] by way of judicial enquiry, as we believe a most grave injustice has been done by their finding of our client's liability of one of the ICC's disciplinary offences," the lawyers said in a statement issued yesterday.
The lawyers raised the following points to make a case for their client:
"The evidence in the hearing was that the hotel bill paid for our client by Mr Mukesh Kochar was a loan from a friend and father-figure which was to be repaid on Marlon's return to the West Indies."
"The evidence in the hearing was that Mr Mukesh Kochar was not a bookmaker."
"The evidence in the hearing was that Marlon only came to need a loan because money which he had expected to earn from a contract to participate in a television reality show that would have earned him a sum considerably in excess of the hotel bill, did not in fact materialise. Further, his credit card which he had tendered to meet the bill, was declined."
"It is because of the foregoing why we consider that an application for judicial review stands a realistic chance of success and we, therefore, propose to pursue it actively," the attorneys said.
"From the outset, we wish to make it pellucidly clear that we propose to challenge the findings of the majority [3 to 1] by way of judicial enquiry, as we believe a most grave injustice has been done by their finding of our client's liability of one of the ICC's disciplinary offences," the lawyers said in a statement issued yesterday.
The lawyers raised the following points to make a case for their client:
"The evidence in the hearing was that the hotel bill paid for our client by Mr Mukesh Kochar was a loan from a friend and father-figure which was to be repaid on Marlon's return to the West Indies."
"The evidence in the hearing was that Mr Mukesh Kochar was not a bookmaker."
"The evidence in the hearing was that Marlon only came to need a loan because money which he had expected to earn from a contract to participate in a television reality show that would have earned him a sum considerably in excess of the hotel bill, did not in fact materialise. Further, his credit card which he had tendered to meet the bill, was declined."
"It is because of the foregoing why we consider that an application for judicial review stands a realistic chance of success and we, therefore, propose to pursue it actively," the attorneys said.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Playes are not paid in IPL!
Australian players are yet to be paid by their IPL teams. They have been bought in the action for several thousands of dollars.
Already Australians have come out in open and said that they have not received their pay cheques. It was found that few Indian players are also yet to receive their salary.
The franchise officials have been awaiting some document clearance from IPL before payments could be released.
The IPL authorities said that it involves lot of paper work and hence it is getting delayed. All of these paper work will be cleared soon. Some players' contract runs to30 pages long and few of them have multiple contracts. So, it involves going through each of them before approving.
It is a matter of time before all of these are sorted it, says IPL committee. With 10 more days to go to the final, all these have to be sorted out!
Already Australians have come out in open and said that they have not received their pay cheques. It was found that few Indian players are also yet to receive their salary.
The franchise officials have been awaiting some document clearance from IPL before payments could be released.
The IPL authorities said that it involves lot of paper work and hence it is getting delayed. All of these paper work will be cleared soon. Some players' contract runs to30 pages long and few of them have multiple contracts. So, it involves going through each of them before approving.
It is a matter of time before all of these are sorted it, says IPL committee. With 10 more days to go to the final, all these have to be sorted out!
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