da marjack bet： The fast bowlers in the Indian team for the upcoming one-day triseries have all been told by Indian coach John Wright to undergo aspecial training stint with legendary fast bowler Dennis Lillee at theChennai-based MRF Pace foundation
Staff and Agencies12-Sep-2001* India’s top pacemen to train under LilleeThe fast bowlers in the Indian team for the upcoming one-day triseries have all been told by Indian coach John Wright to undergo aspecial training stint with legendary fast bowler Dennis Lillee at theChennai-based MRF Pace foundation. Senior quick Javagal Srinath hasthough been allowed to stay back at Bangalore.”Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Reetinder Singh Sodhiand Harvinder Singh will undergo a special stint under the watchfuleyes of (Australian pace guru) Dennis Lillee at Chennai from September14-17,” BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele told cricketnext.com.”Wright had advised us on this matter at the selection committeemeeting (to pick the squad at Mumbai on September 7), but at that timeLillee’s scheduled arrival had not been finalised,” he added.Prasad, Khan, Nehra and Sodhi have all been named in the 15-man squadfor South Africa. Harvinder is reportedly one among the five stand-byswho could get a call-up if one of the main players is found to beunfit.It must be remembered that a column on appeared on CricInfo, dated 4September 2001, that advocated this very move.* Mumbai HC dismisses claim challenging clothing sponsorship contractThe Mumbai High Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by GayatriArts, a city-based company, challenging the BCCI’s decision to awardclothing sponsorship for international matches for the next threeyears to the International Management Group (IMG). Gayathri Arts hadcontended that the contract be scrapped as they had made the highestbid of Rs 90 crore. But Justices Ajit Shah and Sharad Bobde dismissedthe appeal as they found that no contract was concluded between BCCIand the company.* BCCI name manager for SA tourDr MK Bhargawa of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association has beennamed the manager of the India team for South Africa, according to areport in cricketnext.com. “The president has decided that Dr Bhargawawill be the manager,” BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele told the site. DrBhargawa had managed the team when India visited Australia in1999-2000.”Yes, there was some talk that Shivlal Yadav (former Test off spinnerand national selector and current secretary of the Hyderabad CricketAssociation) may be sent as manager, but finally the president haschosen Dr Bhargawa”, Lele added.* Young bowler in hospital after being hit on the eyeK Kaushik, a 19-year-old medium pacer, playing in the Moin-Ud-Dowlahtournament lost an eye after being hit by a full-blooded drive onTuesday.Kaushik, appearing for Districts XI on Tuesday, was bowling to SudhirWankhede of the Railways when the latter stepped out and smashed adrive straight back at him. It hit Kaushik on his left eye after hefailed to get out of harm’s way. He was immediately shifted to ahospital where doctors operated upon him. They could not howeverconfirm whether the youngster would regain his vision.