Indian news round-up

Muthiah to take up ICC sanctions with Indian Government: The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) AC Muthiah said on Sunday that he would place the International Cricket Council's (ICC) threat of sanctions after the cancellation of the Indian tour to Pakistan, before the Indian Government.

Speaking to Press Trust of India in Chennai, Muthiah said ``we can only place his comments before the government of India and it is for the government to react,'' in reference to the ICC president Malcolm Gray's remarks in Lahore threatening India with a fine and a boycott by Test-playing nations.

Muthiah said ``In the next ICC meeting to be held in February in Australia, this matter (the threat of sanctions) shall be taken up with ICC.''

Indian opening bowler Venkatesh Prasad has been named to lead Karnataka in the South Zone Ranji Trophy match against Kerala scheduled to be played at Kochi from November 22 to 25. So far in their three matches, Karnataka have earned 18 points with one victory.

The team: Venkatesh Prasad (Captain), B Akhil, Anand Yalvigi, J Arun Kumar, R Barrington, M Dharmichand, Dodda Ganesh, AR Mahesh, Mansur Ali Khan, Mithun Beerala, Rajashekar Shanbhal, Santosh Vadeyaraj, Shyam Ponnappa, VS Thilak Naidu and Vijay Bharadwaj. Cricket Manager: SMH Kirmani, Manager: J Abhiram.

The Goa Cricket Association (GCA) has named Sachin Shetty the skipper of the state Under-16 team for the forthcoming Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Kerala from November 24 to 26.

The team: S Shetty (captain), R Kakatkar, R Barkar, S Sardesai, H Shetgaokar, D Rodrigues, K Naik, SB Yadav, N Naik, V Kargaonkar, A Jamadar, S Divakar, Mansoor Shaikh, Y Gaonkar and B Amolekar. Coach: Sandeep Naik, Manager: Sayed Azim.