Jadeja’s selection against BCCI norms

MUMBAI, JANUARY 5: Ajay Jadeja was chosen on Wednesday to lead the Wills XI in the Wills Trophy limited overs tournament by the National s...

MUMBAI, JANUARY 5: Ajay Jadeja was chosen on Wednesday to lead the Wills XI in the Wills Trophy limited overs tournament by the National selectors without the player registered with any unit affiliated to the cricket board.

Board secretary Jaywant Lele told reporters after announcing the Wills XI and Board president’s XI teams that the India one-day stalwart was registered with Haryana.

But Haryana Cricket Association secretary Ranbir Singh told PTI in New Delhi that Jadeja was not registered with his association this year.

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As per the Board rules, a player has to register himself with one of its affiliates to be eligible to play in its events.

According to board sources here, the team management in Australia is very keen to have Jadeja for the tri-series.

The selectors are to meet in Baroda on January 19, if needed, to re-assess the performance of the Indian team and send re-enforcements if the show is not satisfactory by that stage. India would have played three league matches by then.

ENSadds: Mohammed Azharuddin will lead the Board President’s XI in the Wills Trophy, from January 11-17. The President’s XI will play Mumbai at Bangalore on January 11 while the Wills XI will take on Karnataka at Hyderabad on the same day.

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The third match on January 11 would be between Punjab and Bengal followed by the two semi-finals to be played on January 14 at Chennai and Bangalore. The final would be held at Vishakapatnam on January 17.

The teams — Wills XI: Ajay Jadeja (captain, Haryana), Gagan Khoda (Rajasthan), Ashu Dani, Virender Sehwag, Robin Singh Jr, Rahul Sanghvi, Amit Bhandari (all Delhi), Pravanjan Mullick (Orissa), J Madan Gopal (TN), Gyanendra Pandey, Manoj Mudgal (both UP), Sitanshu Kotak (Saurashtra), Preetam Gandhe (Vidarbha) and Javed Zaman (Assam).

Board President’s XI: Mohammed Azharuddin (Captain, Hyderabad), Shiv Sunder Das (Orissa), Jyoti Yadav (UP), Anshu Jain (Rajasthan), Sridharan Sriram, Sridharan Sharath, Thiru Kumaran, Aashish Kapoor (all TN), Rajiv Kumar(Bihar), Murali Karthik (Rlys), Vijay Dahiya, Ashish Nehra (both Delhi), Nilesh Modi (Gujarat) and Sanjay Bangar (Railways).

KAMBLI OPTS OUT: Vinod Kambli has opted out of the Mumbai team citing personal reasons. The side includes opener Wasim Jaffer, who would be playing his first major limited-overs tournament since two years.

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The team: Amol Muzumdar (captain), Jatin Paranjpe (vice-captain), Amit Pagnis, Wasim Jaffer, Rajesh Sutar, Mandar Phadke, Sushant Manjrekar, Amol Rane (wicket-keeper), Sairaj Bahutule, Amit Dani, Paras Mhambrey, Sriram Kannan, Nilesh Kulkarni and Santosh Saxena.