Munde moves court against mca rejection
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Friday filed a suit in the city civil court against the rejection of his nomination to contest for the president’s post in the Mumbai Cricket Association’s biennial polls. In his petition, Munde challenged the decision of MCA and said the rejection of his nomination by the election officer S M Gorwadkar was “illegal” and prayed that the president’s election be held once again. Munde also prayed that Sharad Pawar, who was declared elected unopposed on Thursday ahead of Friday’s polls, should not take charge as MCA president and even if he assumes charge, should not be allowed to discharge the functions of the president. He has also named outgoing MCA president Ravi Savant, joint secretaries Nitin Dalal and P V Shetty, CT Singhvi, who had raised the objection, and Gorwadkar as the other respondents to the suit.
Kumble, Srinath not to seek re-election
Bangalore: Former India captain Anil Kumble and his ex-teammate Javagal Srinath on Friday said they would not seek re-election in next month’s Karnataka State Cricket Association elections. Kumble and Srinath were the president and secretary of Karnataka State Cricket Association respectively. “I am not seeking re-election. It is not due to criticism from some quarters or from KSCA members. I think a new committee with fresh ideas is necessary for good of cricket. I think it is necessary,” Kumble told reporters here.
PCB to plead leniency for Aamir at ICC meet
Karachi: Desperate to save the career of tainted pacer Muhammad Aamir, the Pakistan Cricket Board would try to seek ICC’s permission for the youngster to start training at PCB facilities and play some domestic cricket. The Pakistan Cricket Board will rake up the issue at the executive Board meeting of the ICC in london this week. “We had taken the opinion of a queen’s counsel in london and even in his report there are positive arguments that can help us convince the ICC Board to show some leniency in Aamir’s ban period,” Rizvi said.
North reduce South to 33/2 on Day II
Kochi: Only 10 overs of play was possible on the second day of the Duleep Trophy final as North Zone enjoyed the upperhand reducing South Zone to 33 for two in the brief session post tea. South Zone opted to bat while North received a setback when India discard Gautam Gambhir had to fly back to Delhi owing to viral fever. However another out-of-favour veteran Virender Sehwag is there in the XI which is led by Harbhajan Singh. North pacers Mohit Sharma and Siddharth Kaul removed openers lokesh Rahul (9) and Abhinav Mukund (7) respectively. While Rahul was dismissed when he mistimed a pull-shot off a rising delivery from Haryana pacer Mohit, Mukund was cleaned up by Kaul with a delivery that cut back sharply uprooting the middle-stump. Wicketkeeper CM Gautham (8 batting) was at the crease with the in-form Baba Aparajith (0 batting).
Kotak to quit first-class cricket
New Delhi: Senior Saurashtra batsman Shitanshu Kotak has decided to call time on his two-decade long first-class career following his side’s Ranji Trophy opener against Rajasthan in Rajkot later this month. Kotak, who begun his career against Bombay in December 1992, has played 129 matches so far, scoring 7996 runs at an average of 41.64 and 15 hundreds. Kotak, who will turn 41 tomorrow, said he wanted to retire after Saurashtra reached the Ranji final last season but postponed it in the emotion of the moment. “It was a superb achievement and I did not want to take away from it with talk of my retirement,” Kotak told ESPNcricinfo.