Indian news round-up

A court in Naini Tal on Tuesday rejected a bail petition filed by former Indian Test cricketer Manoj Prabhakar in a chit fund case, according to police. After hearing the arguments of the prosecution and defence lawyers, the Naini Tal district judge SC Tiwari rejected the bail plea of Prabhakar, who had been remanded to judicial custody till July 21 according to the Kumaun DIG Vijay Raghav Pant.

Prabhakar was arrested by Uttaranchal police from his south Delhi office earlier this month following a non-bailable arrest warrant issued by the Haldwani Judicial Magistrate in connection with a chit fund company APACE Investment Ltd case on May 11. Police had alleged that Prabhakar, as director of the company, had defrauded and cheated people while accepting deposits from them.

Former Indian wicketkeeper MSK Prasad would lead Andhra team in the KSCA Diamond Jubilee tournament for the Coromandel Trophy to be played at Bangalore from August 1. Prasad is making a comeback after a season's layoff due to a back injury. Andhra will clash with KSCA XI from Aug 1 to 3, Andhra Cricket Association secretary N Venkata Rao said in a release in Vijayawada on Tuesday.

The following is the team: MSK Prasad (captain-wicket keeper), N Madhukar (vice-captain), Amit Pathak, Y Venugopala Rao, YS Ranganath, H Watekar, LN Prasad Reddy, KS Shabuddin, GN Srinivasa Rao, RV CH Prasad, I Srinivas, KA Fayaz Ahmed, Y Gnaneswara Rao and PAVN Raju. Reserves: TS Prasad, ASK Varma, Md Faiq and G Sankara Rao. Coach: KS Bhaskara Ramamurthy.