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| Cricket Board to contribute 23 crore to Mumbai Cricket Association for development
The Cricket Board will pay Mumbai Cricket Association around Rs 23 crore
as its "contribution" to the affiliated unit's "cricket development"
purposes, in lieu of lease rent for occupying its premises at Cricket Centre
inside the Wankhede Stadium complex.
Sharad
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Cricket Board announces hike in the allowances of selectors
Following the rift between chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Cricket
Board over compensation, BCCI today announced a hike in the allowances
of selectors.
BCCI Finance Committee which met here today decided to hike the allowances of
board members and selectors.
Board secretary Nir
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| Cricket Board sticks to gun while Dilip Vengsarkar mum on quitting still
Refusing to bow to Dilip Vengsarkar's demand to either allow him to write columns
or compensate, the Cricket Board today made it clear that the chief selector was
free to make his decisions.
"BCCI's stand on Vengsarkar remains the same," Board vice president
Rajiv Shukla said.
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Gary Kirsten not apprehensive about senior players says Cricket Board
The Cricket Board today brushed aside suggestions that Gary Kirsten is
apprehensive about taking up the Indian coach's job because of a possible opposition
from the senior players.
BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla dismissed reports that Kirsten
has written to the Board, saying that he could
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| Gary Kirsten front runner for taking over as Indian cricket coach
The race for the Indian cricket coach continues to throw up surprises with former
South African batsman Gary Kirsten today emerging as a front-runner for
the high-profile job.
The former South African opener was interviewed in the capital by the Coach Selection
Committee -- comprising forme
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Dilip Vengsarkar climbs down and says not to write cricket news columns
The stand-off between the Cricket Board and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar
reached a flash point today with the BCCI issuing a show cause notice to
the former skipper for continuing to defy its gag order.
The BCCI also bluntly told Vengsarkar that he could quit the post of chief selector
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| Cricket Board officers to meet in Delhi tomorrow for appointment of a coach for the Indian team
BCCI office bearers, headed by President Sharad Pawar,
will meet tomorrow in Delhi with the long-pending matter of appointment of a
coach for the Indian team topping their agenda.
The naming of a coach has been kept pending since the decision of previous incumbent
Greg Chappell not to s
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BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar asked for funds misappropriation in India vs Australia ODI
Andhra Pradesh police have registered a case against BCCI
Chief Sharad Pawar and five others for alleged misappropriation of funds
during the third India-Australia cricket ODI here held recently.
On a direction from a local court, the Uppal police here booked the case against
Paw
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| Legendary Indian Batsman Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar refuses Test cricket captaincy
Sachin Tendulkar today turned down the offer to become the
captain of India's Test cricket team just two days before his appointment was
to be formally announced here.
The veteran batsman, who had initially agreed to take over the mantle after Rahul
Dravid stepped down, has informed the
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Court orders lodging of FIR against BCCI President Sharad Pawar
A court today ordered that an FIR be lodged against BCCI Chief
Sharad Pawar and three others for alleged misappropriation of funds during
the fifth India-Australia ODI here.
The Third Metropolitan Magistrate of Cyberabad issued the order acting on a
complaint filed by a former Ra
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| Ravi Shastri appointed National Cricket Academy chairman
Former Test captain and all rounder Ravi Shastri was
today appointed new chairman of Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy
at the Cricket Board's 78th AGM here after he agreed in principle to do the
job.
However, the player-turned-TV commentator has sought "a day or two"
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Sharad Pawar showers praise on Team India for bringing home Twenty20 trophy
BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar was today all praise for Twenty20 world
champion Indian cricket team and its captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
At the felicitation of the team at the Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai, Pawar
said the young brigade has brought an all new dimension to Indian cricket.
Comme
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| Indian cricket team under M S Dhoni returns home to a heroic welcome
India's World Cup winning cricketers returned to a tumultuous welcome today as
an ecstatic nation rolled out the red carpet for the homecoming of their young
heroes.
The euphoria of the remarkable Twenty20 World Cup triumph spilled over onto the
streets as the bustling metropolis virtually
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Rahul Dravid says he was not enjoying captaincy now
As the cricket fraternity gropes for the exact reason which prompted Rahul Dravid
to quit Indian captaincy, the player himself revealed that he was not
enjoying leading the side anymore.
"I enjoyed the captaincy, I loved it, but it can get tough after a while
and some of the enjoyment
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| Rahul Dravid quits captaincy and new captain to be chosen on 18sep
Rahul Dravid today sprang a surprise by resigning as the captain of Indian cricket
team on the ground that the burden of leadership was affecting his batting.
Back from leading India to a rare Test rpt Test series win against England,
Dravid submitted his resignation to BCCI Chief Sharad Paw
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Rahul Dravid expresses desire to relinquish indian captaincy
In a surprise development, Rahul Dravid today expressed his desire to step
down as the captain of the Indian cricket team.
Dravid met BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar here yesterday and expressed
his desire to relinquish the post.
"Rahul Dravid met Sharad Pawar at Delhi on September 13
and
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| The Board of Control for Cricket in India says Claims paid to Nike with adjustments
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today said it has settled
a dispute with sports gear firm Nike on sponsorship issue, adjusting 1.228 million
dollars compensation claim put on the Board after making some discounts.
"There is no outstanding issue, everything has been reso
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Sharad Pawar says BCCI to reveal Twenty20 plans in 10 15 days
Turning the heat on the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), BCCI President
Sharad Pawar said the Board would announce its own Twenty20 plans in the
next 10-15 days.
Pawar, who watched India beat England in the fifth one dayer here
at Headingley yesterday, derided ICL, calling it a "pur
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| Kapil Dev joins ICL to make quick money says I S Bindra
Former BCCI President I S Bindra today questioned Kapil Dev's real motive
in joining the Indian Cricket League, saying he went there to make quick bucks
but was trying to rationalise his decision by camouflaging it in name of the game's
development.
"If Kapil's mission was to develop
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West Bengal Sports Minister says ICL can use Eden Gardens Kolkata
The Indian Cricket League today received support from an unexpected quarter
with West Bengal Sports Minister Subhash Chakraborty saying the
multi-million dollar breakaway league would be allowed to use the Eden Gardens
and other grounds.
The Minister said all the grounds belonging to the s
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| Bihar players protest in front of cricket control board office
Eight Ranji players belonging to Bihar Players Association today protested in
front of the BCCI office demanding that Bihar be allowed to take part in the domestic
cricket season.
The cricketers sat on a hunger strike at the BCCI headquarters where its Working
Committee meeting was on, but
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Cricket Board ready to meet threat from Indian Cricket League
Acutely aware of the perceived challenge to their authority
by the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), which is luring young domestic cricketers
into its fold, the bigwigs of the Cricket Board are girding their loins to meet
it head-on.
Today's late evening meeting of the BCCI's offic
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| Sharad Pawar defends BCCI stand in his reply to Digvijay singh on ICL
The Cricket Board today defended its stand on withdrawing financial benefits from
players aligning with the rebel Indian Cricket League, saying the proposed
tournament was an "out and out commercial venture".
The BCCI said the players were free to play for the ICL but it was only &
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Lalu prasad yadav ready to give Railways stadiums for Indian cricket league
Even as the BCCI's flip-flop over the Indian Cricket League continues,
Railway Minister and Bihar Cricket Association President Lalu Prasad today openly
backed the ICL, saying the million-dollar tournament could be played on Railways
stadiums.
Prasad described the ICL as a "good initi
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| ICL suffered a setback as manager revealed he will not join the rebel series
The Cricket Board today issued an ambiguous statement on the contentious issue
of Indian Cricket League, saying that anyone associating himself with "any
other organisation" will not be connected with the activities of the BCCI.
The BCCI office bearers, who met at President Sharad
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Indian Cricket League hits back at BCCI making situation intense
The Indian Cricket League today hit back at the Cricket Board for threatening
to impose a life ban on players aligining with the rebel body, saying the BCCI
was a private organisation and had no right to issue such directions.
A day after BCCI made it clear that players taking part in the br
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| Sharad Pawar says Indian Cricket coach to be appointed in a month
Coach for Team India is expected to be appointed in a month's time, BCCI
President Sharad Pawar said today.
Pawar also said there is no proposal before the BCCI to pick former coach Greg
Chappell for an advisory role at the National Cricket Academy.
Asked about the progress made on appoint
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Indian Cricket Control Board claims ICC to look into jelly bean prank
The BCCI today added a new twist to the jelly bean prank during the second
cricket Test between India and England by claiming that the International
Cricket Council had set up a committee to look into the issue.
The BCCI President Sharad Pawar told reporters here that the ICC had formed
a
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| BCCI to decide on Kapil Dev's fate in its upcoming board meeting
BCCI President Sharad Pawar today said the Board will take a decision on
Kapil Dev's fate as the Chairman of National Cricket Academy at its upcoming
general body meeting.
"The Board will take a decision on the (Kapil Dev) matter", said
Pawar while referring to the former captain
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Jagmohan Dalmiya vows to expose people in BCCI who ross over the line
Training his guns on the Sharad Pawar-led BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya
today asserted that he would go all the way to expose those who considered the
Board as their personal property and bend rules to suit their own interests.
Bubbling with confidence after getting a stay from the Calcutta High Co
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