Kumar in new role for WT20
new delhi: Former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar was on Friday appointed as the Chief Advisor of Security and anti-corruption unit (ACSU) of BCCI for next year’s T20 World Cup to be hosted by India.Kumar was already roped in by the BCCI for a one-year period in the anti-corruption unit during the IPl. “The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday announced the names of the organising committee for the mega event with Dr M V Sridhar as the General Manager for Cricket Operations,” the BCCI said in a statement. Amrit Mathur has been appointed as the Principal Coordinator while R P Shah will be the Tournament Manager, Finance.
Pak think of T20 league in Doha
karachi: A cold response from the Emirates cricket board has left PCB struggling to find a suitable venue for its planned international Twenty20 league in February next year. A PCB official on Friday that efforts to convince the ECB and the organisers of an international Masters league in the UAE to give priority to Pakistan Cricket Board’s own T20 league had failed to draw a positive response. “The project head of the Pakistan International T20 league Sarwar Salman Butt and another senior official Usman Wahla have now gone to Doha in Qatar to explore the possibility of holding our league there next February,” he said. He confirmed that the organisers of the Masters league had booked Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi as venues for their inaugural event.
Manohar to meet Dalmiya
kolkata: Former BCCI chief Sashank Manohar on Friday dropped in at the city to meet current president Jagmohan Dalmiya and discuss the road ahead for the board after suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice lodha Committee. “I have come here to discuss about IPl with the president. The verdict should be honoured,” Manohar told reporters on his arrival at Kolkata airport amidst heavy downpour. Manohar, himself an eminent lawyer, is one of the legal heads in this matter. Manohar’s visit assumes significance as he is likely to apprise the septuagenarian board chief about the possible options for BCCI. Two options that are being deliberated include auction of players with new team bidding and secondly BCCI owning the two teams. Manohar had been a supporter of BCCI adopting the teams and he had expressed his thoughts at an earlier working committee meeting.