Indian news round-up

Indian wicketkeeper Syed Saba Karim said that he was hopeful of making it back to the Indian team for the forthcoming Sahara Cup in Toronto next month. Karim was injured in the opening match of the Asia Cup in Dhaka in May after being hit on his right eye while keeping to Anil Kumble.

Speaking to the Times of India from Calcutta, Karim said that he felt much better now and was looking forward to making the squad for Toronto. Karim who had undergone surgery at the Shankara Netralaya hospital in Chennai said that the problems of blurred vision and double imaging that he suffered had disappeared and added that he had also done away with the protective spectacles that had been prescribed.

Karim has even started practice and is now a regular visitor to the Bournvita Cricket Academy, run by former India opener Arun Lal. He also practices at the academy run by former Indian batsman Ashok Malhotra.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reprimanded Rahul Mehra and Shantanu Sharma from going to the media about the comtempt case filed by the BCCI when the case is still pending before the court. The two had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging arbitrary and non-transparent functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The BCCI had in turn filed a contempt case against them alleging leakage of Information regarding the proceeding of the case through a web site. The division bench reprimanded the two petitioners saying that it would not encourage a parallel media trial when the case was still pending in court.