da betano casino： Ace leg spinner Anil Kumble, laid low and out of cricket action afterthe shoulder surgery in January this year, has returned to competitivecricket, amid firm indications that he would be fit well in time forthe South African tour in October
Staff and Agencies12-Jul-2001* Kumble returns to competitive cricketAce leg spinner Anil Kumble, laid low and out of cricket action afterthe shoulder surgery in January this year, has returned to competitivecricket, amid firm indications that he would be fit well in time forthe South African tour in October.Kumble bowled 14 overs and took three for 49, last weekend, enablingYoung Cricketers to score a narrow two-run win over DooravaniCricketers in a Karnataka State Cricket Association Group I DivisionIII league tie at Bangalore. This was the first competitive outing forKumble after his shoulder surgery in January. “It felt good. It wasnice to go out there in the middle and start bowling in a matchagain,” he said.Kumble, who has bagged 550 international wickets – 276 in Tests and274 in one-dayers – had said recently he was much stronger and wouldbe ready for the South African tour. He added he was doing fine buthad to work on his bowling and get the confidence back.* Plethora of evidence against Jadeja in match fixing: BCCIThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesdayjustified the five-year ban on cricketer Ajay Jadeja in the Delhi HighCourt on charges of match fixing, and said “there was a plethora ofevidence against him”.”There is a plethora of evidence against him, some of them oral, onthe basis of which action was taken,” counsel for the BCCI KKVenugopal told Justice Mukul Mudgal while replying to Jadeja’s civilwrit petition challenging the imposition of ban on him.Questioning the very maintainability of the petition, the BCCI counselsaid no remedy through civil writ under Article 226 lies against theBoard as it was not a statutory body. Nor is it performing anyfunction of the state, he said. “The BCCI is an independent bodyconstituted under the Societies Registration Act and if the petitioner(Jadeja) feels aggrieved for any of its action, or breach of contract,he can file a suit for damage as no case for violation of fundamentalrights under Article 226 of the Constitution can be made out againstthe Board,” he said.* Indian team to leave from Chennai instead of DelhiThe Indian cricket team will leave for Colombo on their 48-day tour ofSri Lanka from Chennai on July 16."Originally the team was to leave from Delhi on July 15 but now wehave decided that it will leave from Chennai as it will be convenientfor all the players to assemble there,” Board of Control for Cricketin India executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar said in Mumbai today. Theplayers will take an Indian Airlines flight around noon, Diwadkaradded.The Indians will play a triangular series with New Zealand as thethird team and after a ten day gap, play a three Test series againstSri Lanka.