Dhawan could return ‘very soon’
New Delhi: Having missed the first two weeks of the Indian Premier league (IPl) due to a fracture on his hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad batsman Shikhar Dhawan is hoping to return to action “very soon” and is awaiting a clearance from the NCA. The 27-year-old left-handed is back in India after spending time with his family in Melbourne. Sunrisers coach, Tom Moody, tweeted, “we are hopeful it’s within the next 10 days.” Dhawan suffered the injury during the Mohali Test against Australia last month. Dhawan was ruled out for six weeks after sustaining the injury. “Hopefully I will be able to take the field soon. I just have to get the clearance from NCA. It will be soon, very soon,” he had said before leaving for Australia.
Umesh gets engaged
New Delhi: Amidst the hectic schedule of the IPl, India and Delhi Daredevils pacer Umesh Yadav got formally engaged to Delhi based fashion designer Tania Wadhwa in a quiet ceremony in Nagpur on Monday. Umesh, who is an important member of the Daredevils set-up took a day off from the team’s training schedule in Bangalore to fly back home for the engagement. The 26-year-old will marry Tania on May 29 once the IPl gets over. “We met in Delhi and then our friendship grew... And then I proposed to her. We decided to get married after a year’s courtship and our families agreed,” Umesh said after the engagement ceremony.
SC asks banks to give `400 cr to BCCI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked three nationalised banks to deposit `400 crore towards securing the claim of BCCI in a dispute over termination of the `1,600-crore contract between the cricket board and Nimbus Communications, pending the hearing of their dispute. A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai asked Punjab National Bank, Indian Bank and the Union Bank of India to deposit the amount within 15 days with the Bombay High Court Registry, which would then remit the money to the bank account of BCCI. The order of the apex court came on a Special leave Petition filed by the BCCI stemming from the banks’ refusal to pay the money to the tune of `1,600 crore under the conditional bank guarantees issued by them towards the contract executed in consideration of the Media Rights license Agreement (MRlA) between BCCI and Nimbus for broadcasting the cricket matches. Appearing for BCCI, senior advocate C A Sundaram said the matter pertains to a four-year Media Rights license Agreement entered into by the BCCI with Nimbus Communications ltd in 2009 for telecast of all domestic and international matches played by India at home between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2014. PNS/Agencies