Kapil might continue 8212; Muthiah

He reiterated that the BCCI had neither received any direction in writing or any other communication from the Union Sports Ministry nor had it the BCCI given any direction to the selectors on considering tainted players like former captain Md Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and Nikhil Chopra while picking the probables for the Kenya tour.

8220;The three players were rested purely on the basis of lack of merit8221;, Muthiah said.

He said the working committee meeting of the BCCI held on August 20 at Bangalore had authorised him to take an appropriate decision on Kapil Dev.

Afridi, Atiq, Hasan ignored
KARACHI: The three Pakistani cricketers, recently fined and suspended for the ICC Knock-out tournament in Nairobi, have also been ignored for the side games against touring England team in November and December.

Chief selector Wasim Bari on Friday submitted a list of players for two one-day warm-up matches scheduled on October 20 and 22 here, two four-day matches Rawalpindi, November 1-4 and Peshawar, November 8-11 and a three-day fixture at Lahore from November 23 to 25, The News reported on Sunday.

All-rounder Shahid Afridi, batsman Hasan Raza and wicket-keeper Atiq-uz Zaman were found to have behaved irresponsibly in letting a few female fans enter their hotel rooms in Lahore a day before the team8217;s departure for the Singapore tournament.