Leg spinner Anil Kumble and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, alongwith two other former Test stars, have been invited to attend theBoard of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) technical committeemeeting at Baroda on August 11
Staff and Agencies04-Aug-2001* Tendulkar, Kumble invited to BCCI panel meetingLeg spinner Anil Kumble and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, alongwith two other former Test stars, have been invited to attend theBoard of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) technical committeemeeting at Baroda on August 11.The meeting, to be chaired by former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar,who wants to involve past and present cricketers while discussing thenew format of the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy tournaments will alsohave his former opening partner K Srikkanth and former player turnedcommentator Arun Lal, according to a BCCI official on Friday.The meeting will also be attended by its members Raj Singh Dungarpur,who is also the chairman of the National Cricket Academy, MP Pandove(Punjab), Dr Bharghava (Madhya Pradesh), Prof Rathod (Rajasthan) andformer India stumper Kiran More (Baroda), the official added.* Shewag gets Rs one lakh from his employersVirender Shewag, for obvious reasons, is currently the most talkedabout cricketer in the land. His 100 off 69 balls, the seventh fastestcentury in One Day Internationals and the second fastest by an Indianhas elevated his status to almost that of a super star. Messages ofcongratulations have poured in and the one that he cherishes most isone from Sachin Tendulkar.And that is not all. The 22-year-old Delhi batsman has been awarded Rsone lakh by his employers the Oil and Natural Gas Corporatioon (ONGC).Shewag, who is an administrative officer with ONGC in the capital,plays regularly for them in various tournaments around the country.* Kenyan Association invites Mumbai teamThe Mumbai cricket team has been invited by the Kenyan CricketAssociation (KCA) to participate in a triangular tournament betweenMumbai, Baroda and Kenya from September 10 to 25, according to a pressrelease from Mayank Khandwala, joint secretary, Mumbai CricketAssociation.In the tournament, the Mumbai team will play three one day matchesagainst the two other teams. The top two teams will meet in the final.Mumbai will also play a three day match after the completion of thetriangular tournament against the Kenyan team. The tour is on areciprocal arrangement with the KCA which sent a team to play a fewmatches in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra last year.