New Delhi: The impasse regarding who will be India's representative at the Annual Conference of the ICC took a new turn as senior vice-president Arun Jaitley's name cropped up as a likely choice for the high-profile meeting in London on June 25.
"Mr Jaitley is in London right now. There is a possibility that he might represent BCCI at the Conference on March 25. If Mr Jaitley agrees, he will be unanimous choice to attend the meeting as the BCCI members till now have failed to reach a consensus regarding the choice between N Srinivasan and Jagmohan Dalmiya," a senior BCCI official told PTI Tuesday.
The deadlock couldn't be broken since Srinivasan became adamant about attending the meeting which put Dalmiya on the backfoot.
"Mr Dalmiya is still ready to attend the meet but if there slight sense of discontent among members about his attending the meet, he won't go. He has been an ICC president before and he feels that he can't just create a problematic situation for one ICC meeting. But let's make it clear, a majority of the members don't want Srinivasan to attend the meet," the official further added....
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10:31 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Former BCCI president and a member of the anti N Srinivasan group, IS Bindra, has lashed out at the Board's interim head Jagmohan Dalmiya for accepting what he termed an "illegitimate stop-gap" arrangement. Bindra, who now regularly writes blogs stated his views to a question posed to him about whether the BCCI has gone a decade back by appointing Dalmiya as the head of the interim group after...
07:19 PM, Jun 18, 2013
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11:50 AM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Suspended Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ajit Chandila has been sent to a three-day police custody by a Delhi court in the IPL spot-fixing case. Chandila's interrogation will now take place under the provisions of MCOCA in the case. The police told the court that the questioning of bookies Ramesh Vyas, Sunil Bhatia and Feroze Ansari has revealed more information about the player-bookie nexus. The Delhi Police had opposed bail...
03:59 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The 350th episode is destined to leave you in splits as Cyrus Broacha and his team take on the newsmakers of India. ...
11:20 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila and four others have been adjourned till June 17 by the Saket court in New Delhi on Saturday. They had moved the court along with players S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, which was opposed by the police. The Delhi Police has opposed bail for Chandila, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the fixing case and acted at the...
03:52 PM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila and four others accused of spot-fixing IPL matches will be heard by a court in Delhi on Saturday. The Delhi Police has opposed bail for Chandila, saying he is a "key conspirator" in the fixing case and acted at the behest of a syndicate run by underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The Delhi Police told the court on Friday that...
09:17 AM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday submitted an interim reply on Umesh Goenka's plea in which he had alleged that he was forced to record his statement during the ongoing investigation in the IPL betting scandal. Goenka had alleged he was beaten up and forced to write the statement which said Rajasthan Royals' co-owner and actor Shilpa Shetty had asked him to bet in a particular Indian Premier League match....
06:11 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Hotelier Vikram Aggarwal, arrested for his alleged role in the IPL betting scandal, was granted bail on Friday. He was arrested by the Crime Branch CID and was under the scanner for his links to Gurunath Meiyappan and allegedly allowing his hotel to be used for betting. Chennai-based hotelier was arrested on June 10 by the Tamil Nadu Crime Branch-CID for his role in the IPL betting scandal....
04:25 PM, Jun 14, 2013
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12:26 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: Continuing his tirade against the Indian cricket board, former BCCI president IS Bindra has said that the players alone should not be blamed for bringing disrepute to the sport. "We should not give the impression that the players are solely responsible for all malefactions and corruption in the game. I suggested that we should start the clean-up operations at the very top and the administrators should set the...
11:05 PM, Jun 13, 2013
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08:23 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Sacked Rajasthan Royals player Ankeet Chavan, who is out on bail after being arrested for alleged involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Thursday said he is hoping to get a positive verdict from the judiciary to restart his cricketing career. "I am happy to be back home. Thanks to judiciary for granting me bail," said Ankeet. The 27-year-old refused to comment on the case against him. "I...
11:46 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra's aide Umesh Goenka who confessed about betting has moved the Sessions Court saying that the statement that he had given in front of the Magistrate was given under duress. Goenka claims that he was beaten up and forced to write the statement. The court has asked the Delhi Police's special cell to file a reply by Friday. Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar had...
03:42 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Kochi: Former India pacer S. Sreesanth, arrested for his role in alleged spot fixing in the IPL and released from jail on Tuesday, arrived here to a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of fans who were waiting at the Kochi airport since early Wednesday. A battery of journalists, press photographers and TV cameramen were seen jostling for space as soon as Sreesanth, who was released from Delhi's Tihar Jail Tuesday night,...
12:39 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Cricketer S Sreesanth, who is out on bail after being arrested for being allegedly involved in the IPL spot-fixing case, says that he is confident of getting a clean chit in the case. "Even my enemies should not suffer this fate," Sreesanth, who arrived here this morning at the nearby Nedumbassery airport from Delhi, said. ...
11:30 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Kochi: Suspended Rajasthan Royals player S Sreesanth arrived in Kochi on Wednesday morning after being released from Tihar Jail in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Sreesanth on Wednesday said, "I don't want to explain anything. I love this game. You guys should believe me. My teammates were in touch, I would like to thank Rajasthan Royals, BCCI and Kerala Cricket Association. I am happy that I am home. My dream is...
10:46 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Kochi: Claiming innocence and expressing faith in the judiciary, India Test pacer S Sreesanth, who was released on bail after being arrested for alleged involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, on Wednesday said he is hopeful of making a comeback to the national side. Sreesanth, who is out on bail after being arrested for being allegedly involved in the IPL spot-fixing case, said he was confident of getting a clean...
10:36 AM, Jun 12, 2013
Former India captain and chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth spoke to CNN-IBN on Sreesanth's bail. ...
09:10 AM, Jun 12, 2013
