The Indian cricket selectors would meet in Mumbai on August 2 to pickthe Test squad for the three Test matches against Sri Lanka fromAugust 14
Staff and Agencies27-Jul-2001* Selectors to pick Test squad on August 2The Indian cricket selectors would meet in Mumbai on August 2 to pickthe Test squad for the three Test matches against Sri Lanka fromAugust 14.The executive secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in IndiaSharad Diwadkar, told PTI in Mumbai on Thursday that four to fivechanges are likely from the squad which is playing in the on-goingtriangular series with New Zealand as the third team.The three Test matches would be played at Galle (from August 14 to18), Kandy (from August 22-26) and at the SSC in Colombo (from August29 to September 2).* BCCI’s advisory committee to meet in Mumbai on August 1The Indian Cricket Board’s (BCCI) advisory committee, chaired byformer Indian team skipper Sunil Gavaskar, would meet at the CricketClub of India (CCI) in Mumbai on August 1.BCCI executive secretary, Sharad Diwadkar, told PTI in Mumbai onFriday on Friday that the main agenda would be to discuss the domesticcalendar and the new formats for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophyfor the new season."The selection committee will meet the following day to pick the Testsquad for the three-match series in Sri Lanka," Diwadkar added.* CBI team in Monaco to probe award of telecast rightsA CBI team has reached Monaco to probe the alleged bungling in theaward of telecast rights of the 1999 World Cup played in England,agency sources said in New Delhi on Thursday. The Deputy InspectorGeneral of the Anti-Corrpution Unit of the CBI SP Singh reachedMonaco, an island located at the south-eastern Mediterranean coast ofFrance, earlier this week to probe the alleged bungling.CBI sources said that the television deal between the InternationalCricket Council, officials of Doordarshan and Worldtel took place inthis island and the sleuths are hopeful of “picking up some threadsabout the deal.”Singh earlier visited London and held extensive discussions with ICC’sAnti-Corruption unit officials in connection with investigation intothe controversial television rights deal for the ICC knock outtournament in Dhaka three years ago.