Shaken to the core by a BCCI suspension for unruly behaviour during the Corporate Trophy, Indian pacer Praveen Kumar is remorseful and has vowed not to repeat the incident in future.
It was wrong on my part. The episode should not have happened. I regret it now, Praveen told PTI while recalling the incident.
I have learnt how to control my anger. I need to be cautious while expressing my emotions on the field. It happens sometimes when things do not go your way. I have moved on from that incident as it's history for me now. It won't happen again.
The BCCI has a strangely obdurate idea that Duncan Fletcher is a great coach, saddled with an Indian team that restricts his genius. He gets along with the boys, doesn't speak out of turn - always allows N Srinivasan a first stab at everything cricket - remembers his lessons, respects the officials, Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, doesn't grumble about the IPL either and of course gets the results too. He is perfect.
The truth, however, is stranger still.
Under him, India have lost 10 off the 22 Tests they've played. Of the eight wins India has under him, only one (against West Indies in 2011) out of 11 matches has come 'away' from home. We have seen VVS Laxman walk away in a huff. We have seen the best opening comdination in the world waste away -- Virender Sehwag's batting troubles have not gone away and Gautam Gambhir, despite Fletcher's help, still doesn't know where his off-stump is. Zaheer Khan flounders, Ishant Sharma persists, Harbhajan Singh makes a comeback.
And the reason they are being persisted with is because India doesn't have any options.
But despite all of this the BCCI believes Fletcher is the man to lead a new generation of Indian cricket stars. Is it also because India doesn't have any home grown options who can take over as coach?
Wasn't Fletcher the coach when India decided to abandon a chance for a win against West Indies in 2011, needing to score 86 runs off 90 balls? He showed great leadership there right?
The Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) today told a Delhi court that no injusticeis being done to sacked IPL commissioner Lalit Modi in theongoing inquiry against him on an IPL bidding issue and he hasnot yet challenged the proceedings of disciplinary committee.
The BCCI made the submissions on a plaint filed by Modiagainst the Board, its President N Srinivasan, disciplinarycommittee members Arun Jaitley, Jyotiraditya Scindia andothers seeking a declaration from the court that the committeeis biased against him and has not conducted the proceedingsso far in a fair and transparent manner.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, who appeared for BCCI,said it is a serious charge that the Board is manipulatingthe proceedings before the disciplinary committee and if itis so, Modi should have sought a judicial review of theinquiry proceedings but he has not done it so far.
It is a serious charge against the Board. If grossinjustice is done to a person at this stage, he will challengeit but he (Modi) has not done so, Subramaniam told AdditionalDistrict Judge Ruby Alka Gupta.
New Delhi: The BCCI today made it clear that the second cricket Test between India and Australia will go ahead as per schedule in Hyderabad since the state government has assured of safety and security of the players.
The city of Hyderabad was rocked by two terror blasts yesterday, killing 14 people and injuring many. The visiting Australian players and officials had expressed concerns but BCCI today assured them all safety measures would be in place.
Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla said they saw no reason to shift the Hyderabad Test, scheduled to begin from 2 March, from the city.
New Delhi: The BCCI is very unhappy with Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India's decision to impose a hefty penalty of Rs 52.24 crore for indulging in anti-competitive practices and is planning to seek legal recourse in this regard.
We at BCCI do not agree with the findings of the Competition Commission. The BCCI doesn't need to indulge in any sort of anti-comptitive practice and we are very unhappy with this decision. We are planning to seek legal recourse and appeal against the decision, a senior BCCI office-bearer told
PTI today.
The BCCI seems to believe that two wrongs make a right. The board has reportedly prevented around thirty players from England from practicing on the spinning pitches of India on trips organised by the Global Cricket School.
The reason, according to The Telegraph, is that the BCCI is thought to be particularly annoyed that Joe Root, who looked really good during the Test series and the ODIs, had already experienced Indian conditions thanks to the GCS before that debut.
