Gurunath to be quizzed
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s CB-CID police which has enlarged its ongoing IPl betting probe to alleged match fixing is likely to question Gurunath Meiyappan, CSK official and son in law of BCCI President N Srinivasan “anytime now.” Crime Branch CID has completed interrogation of hotelier Vikram Agarwal again based on “certain emerging inputs on match fixing allegations,” police sources said here on Thursday. The widening of the probe to alleged match fixing involving bookies besides others came after the Mudgal Committee told the Supreme Court that the angle was not properly probed by the Tamil Nadu Police despite indications pointing to it.
England beat Windies
North Sound: A stroke-filled maiden century by Denesh Ramdin just wasn’t enough as England held on to defeat the West Indies by 25 runs in the deciding third and final one-day international. Ramdin’s 128, the first ODI hundred by a West Indies wicketkeeper, lifted the home side from 43 for four in pursuit of a daunting target of 304 when he was last out with the total on 278, bowled by Tim Bresnan having taken 14 runs off the first three deliveries of the 48th over on Wednesday.
Yuvi a big miss: Bangar
New Delhi: Yuvraj Singh has been a “big miss” for Kings XI Punjab but the franchise’s newly-appointed assistant coach Sanjay Bangar says in-form Mitchell Johnson’s inclusion has given them the right balance they were searching for ahead of IPl-7. Bangar said that KXIP were “badly” looking to buy Yuvraj at the 2014 IPl auction but failed in their attempt as Royal Challengers Bangalore spent a staggering Rs 14 crore to buy the left-handed all-rounder. “We badly wanted Yuvraj Singh back in the Punjab team but at the auction, his price went too high. We could not afford to spend that much given our purse. We missed out on him because of his price. But, you can’t take Punjab out of Yuvraj. He is a Punjabi boy and will remain so. We wish him all the best at the RCB,” Bangar said.
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