da apostaganha： The Indian cricket administration is awaiting the report of itsVigilance Commissioner, K Madhavan in connection with thecontroversial Ahmedabad Test match in 1999, when India did not enforcethe follow on against New Zealand, despite being in a
Staff and Agencies10-Jul-2001* Madhavan’s report awaited, says MuthiahThe Indian cricket administration is awaiting the report of itsVigilance Commissioner, K Madhavan in connection with thecontroversial Ahmedabad Test match in 1999, when India did not enforcethe follow on against New Zealand, despite being in a position to doso.AC Muthiah, President, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)told pressmen in Chennai on Sunday night that Madhavan had completedhis inquiry with batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar in this connection.Muthiah said Tendulkar was the third person to be questioned byMadhavan, who has been asked by the BCCI to probe into thecontroversial Test match. “But the officer has not completed hiqinvestigation yet,” Muthiah said.According to Muthiah, Madhavan is to question two more persons beforesubmitting his report to the Board. He said that Madhavan’s reportwould be placed before the next Working Committee for a decision.* KCA to start new coaching centre in KollamThe Kerala Cricket Association will start a new coaching centre inKollam shortly. The new project was announced by the KCA secretary SHaridas at Thiruvanthapuram on Sunday. The KCA already has two zonalacademies at Tellicherry (Kerala North) and Thiruvananthapuram (KeralaSouth). PB Shaji will be the director of the Kollam centre. In view ofthe heavy schedule of matches, the KCA has appointed separateselection committees for the Under-16 and Under-19 age groups thisseason.The following members were selected for various KCA committees for the2001-02 seasonSelection Committee: Senior, Under 22 & Under 25: T Shivadas(Chairman), M Renjith Thomas, TC Sudheesh and K Jayaram. S Haridas(Convenor)Under-19: A Ajay Varma (Chairman), TP Ajith Kumar, K Santhosh, RameshBabu. S Haridas (Convenor)Under-16: K Surendranath (Chairman), PK Anoop, Sudhir Kumar and CBalachandran. S Haridas (Convenor)Cricket Development Committee: A Salim (Chairman), OT Jayachandran, MPhlip Varghese, JK Mahendra, Mohammed Ibrahim, TK Madhav, T Shivadas,CM Ashok Sekhar, R Krishnan, Paul Paliath and D Chandrasekharan Nair.* BCCI observers to visit Patna tomorrowA three-member BCCI team will arrive in Patna on Wednesday to inspectthe basic facilities available at the Moinul Haque Stadium for holdingtop level matches, a Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) official said onTuesday.BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar, joint secretary of theMumbai Cricket Association Ratnakar Shetty and former Indian cricketerShivlal Yadav are the members of the team, BCA secretary Ajay NarayanSharma said in a statement. The team would also meet BCA presidentLaloo Prasad Yadav, he added.