Indian news round-up

CBI report may be delayed: Sawani:
Initial reports had it that the interim report of the Central Bureau of Investigation into the match fixing scandal would be made public by the end of September. In the last few days however there have been clear indications that there might be some delay in the submission of the report.

Confirmation of the delay in the submission of the report was made by a senior official on Sunday. "We are seeking legal assistance on the evidence we have collected against some persons which might delay the submission of the interim report to the government," CBI joint director RN Sawani, who is investigating the matchfixing case, told India Abroad News Service. "We are taking legal opinion whether the evidence we have collected constitutes an offence and whether action can be taken against a person found to be involved in match-fixing," he added. The interim report on the agency's four-month long probe is now expected in the first week of October.

Badri Attavar, Vidyuth to lead Tamil Nadu teams:
Badri Attavar will lead the Tamil Nadu under-25 team which will take part in the KSCA Coca Cola Cup tournament to be held in Bangalore from September 27 to 29.

The other members of the team are: Ravindra John, SP Lakshmi Kumar, Nooral Riaz, Tanseer Jabbar, D Dhandapani, D Surendra Doss, R Ramkumar, P Raju, K Veeranan, K Velmurugan, P Muthupandy, J Harish, N. Lokesh, G Vignesh. Coach: T Doraiappan. Manager: P Jayagopal.

Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan will lead the Tamil Nadu under-19 team that will play against Karnataka in the South Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match in Chennai from Septmeber 26 to 28.

The other members of the team are: T Dushyanth, R Sainath, V Kumaresan, Dinesh Karthik, Vishal Kudawla, R Prasanna, Aditya Srikkanth, E Suresh, L Balaji, Tamil Kumaran, S Madhu, Vasudeva Doss, DV Pradeep and N Sridhar. Coach: CS Umapathy.

PC Mahanta re-elected ACA president:
State Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was re-elected president of the Assam Cricket Association at its annual general body meeting held in Nagaon district recently.

The following are the office bearers: Chief patron: Retd Lt Gen SK Sinha, governor of Assam. President: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. Patrons: Pulin Das and Gautam Roy. Vice presidents: Brojen Gohain (East Assam), Kamala Kaleta (West Assam), Prabir Gogoi (Central Assam), Rupkamal Kakati (North Assam), Rabin Deka (HQ Guwahati) and Subhendu Paul (South Assam). Secretary: Nandan Bezbaruah. Jt secretaries: Bikash Baruah and Shyamal Bora. Asst secretaries: Achyut Berthakar and Dilip Choudhury. Treasurer: Ganshyam Baruah. Governing body members: Pradip Das, Bishnu Ram Nunisha, Bhakti Medhi, Manoj Bhagawati, SK Singhania, Md Khaleel and Sailen Dutta Kanwar.