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Vinod Kambli, Ajit Agarkar asked to prove fitnessMUMBAI: The Cricket Board BCCI will insist on fitness certificates from Vinod Kambli a...

Vinod Kambli, Ajit Agarkar asked to prove fitness

MUMBAI: The Cricket Board BCCI will insist on fitness certificates from Vinod Kambli and Ajit Agarkar before considering them while pruning the 30-member World Cup probables list to 19.

Announcing this here today, BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele said that it was imperative for the two players to produce medical proof that they were fully fit before the selectors meet to prune down the list in time to meet the February 28 deadline.

Lele said the selectors will meet on February 27 at a venue yet to be decided and and not on February 19 at Calcutta as was announced by BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar.

Venkat in panel

MUMBAI: Srinivas Venkataraghvan of India has been nominated on the World Cup panel of umpires, it was announced here. The Seventh World Cup will be held in England from the middle of May, it was announced here.

Kapil in action

MUMBAI: Former cricketer Kapil Dev will be among the star attractions to play in theWills Eastern Open Golf Championship which begins at the Tollygunge Club from Tuesday, according to information reaching here.Having a handicap of three, Kapil is among the six amateurs to battle with 89 pros for top honours. The winning pro pockets Rs 99,960 while the runner up gets Rs 66,660.

Shiv closes in

MUMBAI: Victory at the All-India Matchplay in Mumbai recently saw Kanpur pro Shiv Prakash bring down the margin between him and Mahindra Order of Merit leader Vijay Kumar of Lucknow to just below 42 points. With only four events to go on the Rs 2 crore PGA India Tour, the last years Champion Golfer of the Year, Vijay, looks in command to register an encore.

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TOP TEN as on Feb 7, 1999 1 Vijay Kumar Luc, 2 Shiv Prakash Kan, 3 Basad Ali Cal, 4 Ali Sher Del, 5 Mukesh Kumar Mhow, 6 Feroz Ali Cal, 7 Sanjay Kumar Luc, 8 US Mundy Cal, 9 Gaurav Ghei Del, 10 Jyoti Randhawa Chd.

India at Fed Cup

NEW DELHI: Indian women tennis players are undergoing rigorous practicesessions here in preparation for crucial Asia-Oceania Fed Cup qualifying tournament in Thailand from February 22 to 27. The Indian team have reached the Zone-I qualifiers for the first time.

Top Indian Nirupama Vaidyanathan, National champion Uzma Khan, Sai Jailakshmi and Shruti Dhawan comprise the team with big-serving Manisha Malhotra as reserve. Former Davis cupper and AITA selection committee chairman Shyam Minotra will travel with the team as non-playing captain-cum coach.

Kabaddi match

MOGA: An India-Pakistan kabaddi match will be held at Dhudike, the birth place of Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai on February 20. The match is being organised to promote friendship between the people of the two countries.