Indian news round-up
The Orissa Cricket Association secretary Ashirbad Benera said on Thursday that the association has finally succeeded in trading the offered India-Zimbabwe Test for a one day international at Cuttack during the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour to India
Natarajan Sriram
28-Jul-2000
Cuttack to host First India-Zimbabwe onedayer
The Orissa Cricket Association secretary Ashirbad Benera said on
Thursday that the association has finally succeeded in trading the
offered India-Zimbabwe Test for a one day international at Cuttack
during the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour to India.
Speaking to an Indian news agency in Cuttack, Ashirbad revealed that
though the official tour itinerary for the tour will be announced only
after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) meeting on
August 19, the board had already conveyed to the State Association to
begin the pitch preparations for the ODI, scheduled to be held on
December 2.
Earlier the OCA had been allotted the second India-Zimbabwe Test,
scheduled to be held from November 25 to 29. They declined to stage
this, citing the non-availability of ground and lack of time for its
preparation for the five-day match.
Tendulkar should have started strength training early: Schinck
Indians have never really understood the importance and correct
techniques involved in proper training methods says Craig M Schinck,
physical trainer associated with the National Basketball Association.
Schinck is currently on his fifth trip to India. While takling to an
Indian newspaper, he said there was no dearth in talent in the country
but one of the main causes for the lack of performance is due to the
lack of sufficient weight training. He sighted the example of Sachin
Tendulkar and said ``he would not have developed a back problem had he
started strength training at an early age.''
Schinck is in India as part of the Atheletes in Action to propagate
the importance of strength training and also to complete research on
his forthcoming book on Indian athletes. Schinck believes that if the
Indians train properly, they can achieve a lot more than they are
actually doing.
Victory Club finishes runners up in Independence Cup
The ongoing match fixing scandal has not deterred its enthusiasts from
taking the game to the remotest corners of the globe. The Southern
California Cricket Association in Los Angeles had organized the third
Independence Cup cricket tournament earlier this month and Victory
Cricket Club of Mumbai, boasting of players like Lalchand Rajput and
Jatin Paranjpe, stood runners up losing to a Jamaican side in the
final.
Jatin Paranjpe took the batting honors for the tournament while his
teammate Vinit Sarang bagged the honours for his bowling. But the most
significant part of the sojourn was the award of contracts to some of
the Indians to play in the local league. This prompted Mayank
Khandwala, the player cum manager of the team, to term it as ``A new
vista which has opened for Indian players.''