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Cricket legend or PR hack? Gavaskar's silly defence of silence

Jun 03, 2013

The cricketing legend's weak and incoherent defense of his refusal to comment on the BCCI scandal relies on 4 precarious logic-defying claims. #BCCI #InMyOpinion #Sunil Gavaskar #Ravi Shastri #N Srinivasan #Sanjay Manjrekar #IPL spot-fixing #Silence #IPL fixing
Is Ravi Shastri on BCCI's spot-fixing probe panel or isn't he?

May 28, 2013

Ajay Shirke has denied media reports that he and Ravi Shastri are on the BCCI's probe panel. #BCCI #NewsTracker #Ravi Shastri #N Srinivasan #IPL spot-fixing scandal #Ajay Shirke
Media is hounding me, will not be pushed to resign: Srinivasan

May 27, 2013

A defiant and combative BCCI President, who has decided to hang on to his position despite the IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Monday said his resignation is being sought only by a "hounding media". #BCCI #Rajasthan Royals #IPL #NewsTracker #Chennai Super Kings #TheySaidIt #Arun Jaitley #Ravi Shastri #Rajeev Shukla #N Srinivasan #Sanjay Jagdale #Gurunath Meiyappan #Ajay Shirke

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Captain's curse: The unluckiest skippers in world cricket

May 24, 2012

#InMyOpinion #Brian Lara #Ravi Shastri #Tatenda Taibu #Kim Hughes
Left-arm spin: Its place in cricket history

Feb 02, 2012

When one scans the best bowling figures in an innings, one finds no left arm spinner in the top fifteen performances. #TheLongView #Ravi Shastri #Spin bowling #Left-arm orthodox spin
Gavaskar, Shastri and Pataudi in line for a recall too

Aug 08, 2011

In a latest twist, the BCCI proposes to include Gavaskar and Shastri into the Test and ODI squad for the Australia series. Firstpost can now confirm that the shock inclusion of Dravid in the squad for the England series was part of a larger plan. #Sports #Cricket #TheBigSeries #Sunil Gavaskar #Ravi Shastri #NotJobsButPassion

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IPL spot-fixing: Ravi Shastri to head BCCI probe panel?

2013-05-28 04:06:00

New Delhi: Former India captain Ravi Shastri and board treasurer Ajay Shirke are likely to be among the three-member commission set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to investigate Chennai Super Kings chief executive Gurunath Meiyapp #Ravi Shastri #New Delhi #BCCI
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Who appointed the probe panel?

2013-06-02 18:49:00

IS Bindra says the IPL governing council didn't have a role in appointing the three-man committee © Getty Images Rajiv Shukla (former IPL Chairman and Uttar Pradesh CA) Arun Jaitley - (BCCI vice-president and Delhi and districts CA president) Anirudh Cha #BCCI #Jharkhand #Ravi Shastri
Calcutta Telegraph
'Competent person'

2013-06-06 23:19:00

Calcutta: Urbane Sanjay Patel, a chartered accountant by profession, is the new secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He’s Sanjay Jagdale’s successor. Seen as a Narayanswamy Srinivasan loyalist, the Vadodara-based Patel will be i #BCCI #India #Kolkata

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