Cricket Board faces contempt case

JAIPUR, SEPT 23: A contempt petition was filed in a local court today against the Cricket Board BCCI for going ahead with the election ...

JAIPUR, SEPT 23: A contempt petition was filed in a local court today against the Cricket Board BCCI for going ahead with the election of its president on Tuesday despite a stay granted against the conduct of election or annoucement of its result. The petitioner, M Ranga Reddy, secretary of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, also sought permission of the court of Mahendra Kumar Sharma to amend his original suit in view of the board having gone ahead with the election and a direction to it to stop the newly-elected president, AC Muthiah, from functioning.

Earlier, Reddy had obtained a stay against the annoucement of the result pleading his right to represent HCA in the Board meeting and participate in voting.

He submitted that the court order had been conveyed to the board functionaries by his lawyer RN Mathur on phone but the Board went ahead with the election allowing HCA to be represented by its president GS Surana and announced the result which amounted to contempt of Court.

The hearing on thepetition which was inconclusive would be resumed on September 28.

Meanwhile, another petition filed by the Board for vacation of the stay was also heard today and will be taken up again tomorrow.

In announcing the result, the Board had taken the plea that the Court order had not been served on it before the exercise was completed.

SELECTORS TO MEET IN CHENNAI: The newly appointed national selection committee, headed by Chandu Borde, will meet in Chennai on September 25 to begin their job in earnest by selecting three teams, BCCI announced today.

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The selectors will choose the Rest of India squad to clash against Ranji Champions Karnataka in the October 1-5 Irani Cup tie at Bangalore besides selecting the India A and Board President8217;s teams to play against the visiting New Zealand team in three-day ties at Pune and Jodhpur.

The Kiwis, who are landing in Mumbai on September 28, are scheduled to play against India A at Pune from September 30-October 2 before meeting the Board President8217;sselection at Jodhpur from October 5-7 in the run-up to the first Test at Mohali October 10-14.

The second and third Tests are to be held at Kanpur October 22-26 and Ahmedabad October 29-November 2 after the visitors meet Ranji champions Karnataka at Bangalore from October 17-19.

The tourists are to wind up the tour by playing a five-match limited overs series against the hosts between November 5-18 with the matches to be held at Rajkot November 5, Hyderabad November 8, Gwalior November 11, Guwahati November 14 and Delhi November 17.