Dhanraj expresses gratitude to PM
new delhi: Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay on Tuesday thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sports Ministry and the Indian Railways for their support and assistance to ailing legend Mohd. Shahid. Pillay was amongst the first to take note of Shahid’s illness and had appealed to the Prime Minister for help. “I thank the honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, Sports Minister Shri Jitendra Singh ji, indian railways and railways minister Shri Suresh Prabhu ji and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Akhilesh Yadav ji for their prompt support and assistance to Shahid bhai’s treatment,” Pillay said. While the sports minister has announced Rs 10 lakh for the overhead expenses, Indian railways, with whom Shahid is employed, has taken care of all expenses incurred on the treatment directly. UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has sanctioned Rs 5 lakh.
Deepthi becomes 1st Indian TI Coach
new delhi: Deepthi Indukuri, 31, became the first Indian Total Immersion (TI) swimming coach. Certification of Deepthi Indukuri as TI coach means that Total Immersion is now represented in 34 countries worldwide. Deepthi, originally a researcher at IISc who took a sabbatical to pursue sport photography which led to founding Smart Progression to deliver science based sports services has been training with TI masters coach Tracey Baumann and TI coach Bjorn Suetens based in UK for over 2 years.
‘Pink ball Test still long way off’
new delhi: Indian team’s head coach Anil Kumble on Tuesday made it clear that ‘Pink Ball Test’ is “still a long way” even though he conceded that Day/Night Tests is the future if one wants to sustain the interest of cricket lovers in the longer format. “We haven’t really thought about pink ball yet as far as I know. It’s still a long way. We will be playing with Dukes red ball in the West Indies. I would like to take one match at a time. The West Indies series is important for us. We have practised (at NCA Bengaluru) for last six days with red Dukes. Once we start looking at pink ball, we will start looking at it,” Kumble responded to a query from PTI during a Q/A session on social networking site twitter. Agencies