Parekh is special advisor to sunny
New Delhi: The Interim President of BCCI-IPl Sunil Gavaskar on Friday appointed Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) chairman Deepak Parekh as his special advisor for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier league. Parekh will be a special invitee during the IPl governing council meeting as his vast expertise in financial affairs will enable Gavaskar to ensure smooth functioning of IPl affairs for the next two months. In a BCCI media release, Parekh has been dubbed as “unofficial crisis consultant of the Government. His role as Special Director on the Satyam Board in 2009, to revive the company and restore the confidence in the Indian IT industry, was greatly acknowledged.” “Mr Parekh has always been willing to share his ideas and experience to formulate reform policies across sectors. This, at times, has also meant advising the Government to take hard decisions,” the BCCI press release said.
India A to tour Aus in July-August
New Delhi: The Indian ‘A’ team will tour Australia for two-four-day matches and a limited-over Quadrangular cricket series from July 6 to August 2. The Indian A team will start their tour with two four-day games against Australia A at the Allan Border Field in Queensland before participating in the Quadrangular series, featuring South Africa ‘A’, Australia ‘A’, and Cricket Australia’s National Performance Squad (NPS). The first four-day match will be held from July 6 to 9 followed by the second game from July 13 to 16.
Goa beat Jharkhand by 58 runs
Rajkot: A composed half century by skipper Swapnil Asnodkar and fine bowling by Gauresh Gawas helped Goa thrash Jharkhand by 58 runs in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy group ‘A’ match here o. Batting first, Goa made 172 runs for loss of 4 wickets and restricted Jharkhand on 114 for eight in the match, played at Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium at Khandheri.
Brief Scores: Goa: 172 for 4 (Swapnil Asnodkar 57, Sagun Kamat 40) beat Jharkhand: 114 for 8 (Kaushal Singh 40, Shiv Gautam 30, Gauresh Gawas 3-18, Darshan Misal 2-15) by 58 runs.
Gujarat win by 34 runs
Rajkot: Priyank Panchal’s all-round performance helped Gujarat beat Uttar Pradesh by 34 runs in the Syed Mustaq Ali trophy Group ‘A match here on Friday. Electing to bat first, Gujarat made 184 runs for the loss of four wickets and then bundled out Uttar Pradesh for 150 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium, Khandheri.
Brief Scores: Gujarat: 184 for 4 (Priyank Panchal 77, Rajdeep Darbar 35) beat Uttar Pradesh: 150 all out (Mukul Dagar 55, Priyank Panchal 4-19, Rujul Bhatt 3-15) by 34 runs.
Baroda, Kerala win low-scoring ties
Mumbai: Baroda and Kerala kept themselves in the hunt for a berth in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 All India tournament final by defeating Rajasthan and Bengal respectively in low-scoring Group B matches here on Friday. Baroda chased the meagre total of 103 all out put up by Rajasthan successfully to win comprehensively by ten wickets at the Wankhede Stadium, for their third win on the trot. Kerala defended their modest score of 101 for 8 by bundling out Baroda for a pathetic 82 to win by 19 runs at the Sharad Pawar indoor academy ground in the Bandra-Kurla complex for their second win in three games.Brief scores: Kerala 101 for 8 (Rohan Prem 51; Pritam Chakraborty 2 for 9) beat Bengal 82 all out (Manukrishnan 4 for 6) by 19 runs.Rajasthan 103 all out in 19.3 overs (Puneet Yadav 34; R Arothe 3 for 29, l Meriwala 3 for 12, H Pandya 2 for 15) lost to Baroda: 105 for no loss in 16.1 overs (K Devdhar 45, A Waghmode 50).