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After Gayle,Chanderpaul draws WI boards ire

Jamaica: After summoning opener Chris Gayle to a meeting with its top brass,the West Indies Cricket Board has now sought an explanation from the veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul over his remarks in a recent interview. The WICB said it was concerned about Chanderpauls participation in an interview last month in which he made ill-advised comments on matters relating to West Indies cricket,while being a centrally contracted player. Chanderpaul had,in the interview,blamed the excessive interference by the team management for the dip in his form.

Cardiff Test SLs worst ever performance,says Murali

London: Legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan termed Sri Lankas humiliating innings-defeat against England in the first Test at Cardiff as worst-ever performance. When questioned whether he would respond to an SOS call by countrys cricket board as team lacks quality bowling attack,the answer was an emphatic No. Murali will be playing for Gloucestershire in the Twenty20 championship for the next two seasons.

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Afridi may play in Big Bash after Lanka league snub

Melbourne: Despite the PCB revoking Shahid Afridis NOC barring him from playing in the foreign leagues,Cricket Australia officials have expressed their desire to rope in the flamboyant all-rounder for this years Big Bash Twenty20 tournament. Afridi suffered a setback when English county Hampshire as well as Sri Lanka Cricket said they would not play the all-rounder in their respective Twenty20 leagues after PCB revoked the requisite NOC.

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Chaitanyananda Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing 17 women, held in Agra

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A self-proclaimed 'godman' was arrested in Agra for sexual harassment and misappropriation of funds. He was accused of sending inappropriate messages and photoshopping pictures with politicians. The Delhi Police traced him to Agra and froze his accounts and fixed deposits. He was previously booked for harassing 19 women at a private institute.

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