Indian news round-up
Umpires for India-Zimbabwe one day series : The executive secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sharad Diwadkar said in Mumbai on Thursday that former Indian captain and International Cricket Council (ICC) panel umpire, S
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Umpires for India-Zimbabwe one day series:
The executive secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI), Sharad Diwadkar said in Mumbai on Thursday that former Indian
captain and International Cricket Council (ICC) panel umpire, S
Venkataraghavan and K Hariharan will officiate in the second India-
Zimbabwe one-dayer at Ahmedabad on December 5.
Speaking to Press Trust of India (PTI), Diwadkar said that the umpires
for the first one-dayer to be held at Cuttack on December 2 are former
Karnataka allrounder AV Jayaprakash and Jasbir Singh. He added that
Delhi's SK Bansal and Baroda's CR Mohite are the two umpires for the
third one-dayer to be held at Jodhpur on December 8.
CK Sathe of Pune and Devendra Sharma would officiate the fourth match
at Kanpur on December 11 while Karnataka's V K Kulkarni and Gujarat's
AM Saheba would officiate in the fifth and final one-dayer at Rajkot
on December 14. Australia's Barry Jarman will be the match referee.
Friendly Kotla pitch for first Test: Chauhan
The vice-president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association
(DDCA), Chetan Chauhan said in Delhi on Thursday that a friendly
Ferozshah Kotla pitch awaits India and Zimbabwe during their first
Test slated to be played from November 18 to 22.
Speaking to PTI, Chauhan said ``We have prepared a friendly pitch to
give equal chance to all. It will play good on the first three days
and then help the spin bowlers.'' He said that though the DDCA does
not expect large crowds considering it is a five-day match, both
police and private security have been pressed into service.
Chauhan appealed to the spectators not to carry any mobile phones and
food boxes while entering the stadium. ``Security personnel have been
briefed to prevent such items from being carried in,'' he said.
Chauhan added that the hosts have taken all care in preparing an
'international class' pitch after criticism last time around that the
track was underprepared. India had won the last Test match played on
the ground against Pakistan when leg-spinner Anil Kumble made history
by taking 10 wickets in the second innings.
The Mumbai Cricket Association has named Sameer Dighe the skipper of
the Ranji One-day team for the West Zone league of the tournament to
be played in Baroda. Mumbai are slated to take on Maharashtra on
November 18, Saurashtra on November 20, Gujarat on November 21 and
Baroda on November 22.
The team: Sameer Dighe, Amol Mazumdar, Vinod Kambli, Wasim Jaffer,
Paras Mhambrey, Santosh Saxena, Ramesh Powar, Robin Morris, Amit Dani,
Sairaj Bahutule, Vinayak Mane, Sushant Manjrekar, Swapnil Hazare.
Coach: Ashok Mankad.
Rahat Ilahi to lead UP Under-16 team
The secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA), Jyoti
Bajpai, announced the 15-member state Under-16 team for the
forthcoming Vijay Merchant Trophy tournament. UP take on Madhya
Pradesh in their first match at Kanpur from November 23 to 25.
The team: Rahat Ilahi (captain), Shivakanth Shukla, Tahir Abbas,
Vishal Francis, Ravi Kant Shukla, Suresh Kumar Raina, Mohd. Arish
Alam, Alok Singh, Devendra Kumar Singh, Faizal, Namun Sharma, Mohd.
Amir, Pradip Sachan, Avinash Yadav, Pravin Gupta.