One Day matches have ruined cricket, says Vengsarkar
Former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar feels that the advent of One
Day matches have ruined the art of cricket and also many a youngsters'
career since they fail to develop their technique and temperament for
the game.
Speaking to Gulf News in Sharjah, Vengsarkar felt that the skill and
temperament to play long innings is fading among the youngsters. He
said that the cricketers these days just come out and bang the ball
without bothering to learn the basics or honing their skills.
Vengsarkar was of the view that Mumbai, which boasted of extraordinary
talent till a few years back is now struggling to find good players.
He said that one could not look at a player and say like we did a few
years back about Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli, that they will
play for India in future.
Decision on Pakistan tour likely by November 15
The secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), JY
Lele said on Saturday in Sharjah that a decision regarding the
proposed India tour to Pakistan is likely to be made by November 15.
Speaking to UNI, Lele said that the BCCI has already made a
application in this regard to the Indian Government. He said ``We
applied for the Pakistan tour in the second week of this month and a
response is awaited by November 15.''
Lele added that the BCCI will be in a position to intimate the
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) only after getting a response from the
government.
CAB holds seminar on recent changes in umpiring
A seminar on the various changes effected on the rules of umpiring was
held at the Gorky Sadan Auditorium in Calcutta on Sunday. Renowned
International Umpires S Venkataraghavan and AV Jayaprakash took part
in the seminar.
After the introductory address by the President of the Cricket
Association of Bengal, Jagmohan Dalmiya, both the ICC panel umpires
discussed the various changes that have taken place in The Laws Of
Cricket (2000 Code) in two sessions with liberal interaction with the
participants after every session. The State panel umpires of the CAB
and the All India panel umpires from Bengal exchanged their views with
Venkataraghavan and Jayaprakash on several changes which took place in
the 2000 code.
Apart from Dalmiya, Venkataraghavan and Jayaprakash, the others who
attended the meeting were the CAB joint secretaries Debdas Banerjee
and Nirmal Mukherjee, the chairman of the umpires Sub-committee of the
CAB Bhairab Ganguly and the Chairman of the seminar sub-committee
Prasun Chowdhury.
Himadri Pal is skipper of Bengal Under-14 team
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has named wicketkeeper Himadri
Pal as the captain of the Bengal Under-14 team for the forthcoming
East Zone league match against Tripura slated to be held from October
22 to 24 at the East Calcutta District Sports Federation Ground in
Calcutta.
The team: Himadri Pal (captain & wicketkeeper), Abhishek Bhowmick,
Priyabrata Dutta, Arindam Ghosh, Eqbal Ali, Samik Mukherjee, Suraj
Gond, Writam Porel, Sheikh Pearauddin, Subhajyoti Basu, Rohan
Banerjee, Sarnendu Pal, Adit Osatwal and Avishek Saha. Coaches: Rajesh
Dani and Sourav Bose. Manager: Sujan Mukherjee.
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