Ratnakar Shetty named director of Champions Trophy

Ratnakar Shetty, the Indian board's executive secretary in charge, has been appointed tournament director for the Champions Trophy which will be held in India in October-November, 2006. Sharad Pawar, the president of the Indian board, has been named chairman of the organising committee, which also includes Niranjan Shah, Raj Singh Dungarpur, and Lalit Modi.

The tournament starts with a match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on October 7, while the final will be played in Mumbai on November 5.

Organising committee
Ratnakar Shetty (Tournament director), Sharad Pawar (Chairman), Niranjan Shah (Organising secretary), N Srinivasan (Member), MP Pandove (Member), IS Bindra (Member), Raj Singh Dungarpur (Member), Lalit Modi (Member), Narhari Amin (Member), Nikhil Kumar (Security consultant).