Indian news round-up
A former cricketer of Indian origin, Logan Naidoo, has been elected President of the Kwazulu-Natal Cricket Union which is affiliated to the United Cricket Board of South Africa
Staff and Agencies
25-Jun-2001
* Indian is elected cricket union president in South Africa
A former cricketer of Indian origin, Logan Naidoo, has been elected
President of the Kwazulu-Natal Cricket Union which is affiliated to
the United Cricket Board of South Africa. He is the second person of
Indian origin to be elected to a top position in cricket in the
province. Cassim Docrat is the CEO of provincial cricket and the
Kingsmead Cricket Stadium in Durban.
Naidoo, who at one time captained the old non-racial Natal Board team,
has moved into the new position after serving as vice president of the
union, national selector of the Under-19 team and president of the
Durban and District Cricket Union. He said in an interview that his
biggest task was to bring back those who have lost interest in the
game.
Former Indian batsman and currently director of the National Cricket
Academy Brijesh Patel was on Sunday honoured with a 'Lifetime' award
for his achievement in the sport. A silver bat was presented to Patel
by KH Shrinivas, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka State
Legislative Council, at a function in Belgaum. The award has been
instituted jointly by the Rotary International and Belgaum Sports Club
from this year.
Shrinivas lauded the efforts being taken by Patel to develop necessary
sports infrastructure for providing coaching to young talent in
smaller towns and rural areas. Replying to the felicitations, Patel
who is the secretary of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, said
his endeavour was to promote the game by creating infrastructure in
rural areas as there was a lot of talent.
* Nair, Haridas elected KCA president, secretary
SK Nair and S Haridas were elected president and secretary of the
Kerala Cricket Association in the elections of the Kerala Cricket
Association at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Nair, who is the chairman
of the Finance Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India,
has been elected president for the first time while Haridas was reelected to the post.
The other members elected for a four year period (2001 to 2005) were:
Vice Presidents : Dr KN Raghavan, GK Shetty, S Ramachandran Nair, and
C Sneharaj. Joint secretary : Niaz Ahmed. Treasurer: TC Mathew