Case Registered against Sehwag!

A local court has registered a case against Indian cricket opener Virender Sehwag and his business partner following a complaint from a college teacher. The teacher accused the duo failed to grant him franchise for his restaurant despite taking Rs two lakh for the purpose.

Though the police did not register the case and file the FIR against the dashing Indian opener Virendra Sehwag, the court filed the case against him.

In a petition filed by a teacher, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of the local court in Allahabad heard the matter.

The peitioner alleged that he had lodged a formal complaint against Sehwag and his partner Siddharth Dilawari at the Civil Police Station but the police was reluctant to register an FIR.

Police said that they were investigating the matter and expressed the opinion that even if an FIR were to be lodged, it had to be in Delhi were all the formalities and transactions had supposedly took place in 2006.

Jum Cubes Disappointed on T20 Cancellation!

The 2nd T20 match between host England and Australia was abandoned without being a ball bowled. The umpires made the decision after inspecting the ground. They said that the outfield condition is not good enough to play the game.

The crowd waited for over an hour to watch the match but to their disappointment, the umpires had taken this decision. The chief executive of Lancashire's expressed his disappointment and angry on this decison.

He said, "I'm angry and bitterly disappointed. I don't think it was unsafe. There's dampness there for sure and it's soft, of course it is, (but) there's no water. If that had been Lancashire against Yorkshire on a Friday night in front of 16,000 people, we'd have been playing. I know the umpires have tough decisions to make and player safety is important. But there comes a time when you've got to think about the people who have paid to come into this ground. Sometimes I think we'd rather play in front of empty stadiums."

The first T20 game was also cancelled but in the mid-way where Australia was the favorites to win. (image: msn.com)

Viru Slams DDCA!

Virender Sehwag sent a shock wave across the cricket fans by by threatening to walk out of the Delhi Ranji Trophy team, alleging corruption in the selection procedure. The charge was rejected outright by the DDCA officials. His charges were:

"In Ranji Trophy selection, it has often happened that four selectors get together and vote for 'their' players, leaving the chairman of the committee and me defeated. Especially when I am on national duty, they put pressure on the stand-in captains and the interference becomes more rampant. This manipulation has been going on for many years. What is the point in continuing to play for such an association where there is so much corruption?"

Though DDCA officials denied this, whether Sehwag will continue to play after he meets Arun Jaitley, DDCA president later this month.

Sehwag is out of the Indian team for the forthcoming tri-series in Sri Lanaka with NZ as the third country and also the Champions Trophy. He is under going treatment for his injury. He was also involved in a controversy which triggered skipper Dhoni to lose control in a press conference.

BCCI Backs Players! Refuses to Accept Norms!

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has set the for a fight with the cricket's governing body--ICC on the doping norms for players.

Now, ICC has to wait till the next meeting with Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA), other World Players' Associations and officals of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Indian players are also not happy with the norms as it conflicts with the security policy of the players!

The Indian players in the list are: (Men) Dhoni, Harbhajan, Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, Yuvaraj Singh, and Zaheer Khan; (Women) Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj.

Late, but Sehwag admits the injury!

Sehwag has finally accepted the shoulder injury and put a full stop the issue. The BCCI yesterday issued a statement about Sehwag's return to home and replacing him with Dinesh Karthick.

The media reported a rift between Sehwag and Dhoni and the captain lost his cool. This is an unwanted situation if the responsible Indian opener and vice-captain admitted to his injury before starting the journey to England.

The BCCI has gone by the player's word rather than checking on the fitness and approval process. This shows lapse in the medical fitness process and created unnecessary problems for Dhoni.

The whole Indian team walked into the press conference to say that they are united and there is no rift between Sehwag and Dhoni.

Sure that the vice-captain has let Dhoni down and giving him more trouble! In future, BCCI should do a thorough test and clear each player without depending on players' word.

Dhoni's handwritten Letter to Media and Indian Fans!

Dhoni has given an hand-written letter to the media which talks about the unity in the team. The letter says that there is no rift between him and Sehwag as reported by some of the Indian media.

Dhoni also says that the team is united as it was before and each player is helping others. The rift message between him and Sehwag is false and they are getting along well.



source: Sify.com

Rift between Dhoni and Sehwag?

Few days agao, media reported a rift between Dhoni and Sehwag. Since Sehwag did not play in the both the practice matches--New Zealand and Pakistan, the media report an on-going rift in the team.

Team India lost to New Zealand in the first practice game by 9 runs while beat Pakistan in the second game. The team also announced that Sehwag will not play in the first group match Bangladesh and Rohit Sharma will continue to open the innings.

Virender Sehwag was injured during the recently concluded IPL 2009 and was ruled out of the practice games.

However, Dhoni ignored the media reports and said that the team is united and there is no rift within the team. He also said that he and Sehwag are mingling well and have no issues with one another.

It all started when Dhoni replied "may be you should ask his physio to issue a press release" to a question Sehwag's injuries.