Pujara bracketed among Neymar,Vettel

Cheteshwar Pujara listed in its potentially good top ten investment.

Mumbai: A US-based sports website has laced India8217;s prolific batsman Cheteshwar Pujara in its latest list of potentially good top ten investment options in sports,putting the Saurashtra player alongside the likes of Brazilian soccer star Neymar and Formula One ace Sebastian Vettel. Under the heading The top 10 sports pro stock options, website sportsonearth.com has stated that with Indian cricket in a state of transition with the soon-to-be retirement of Sachin Tendulkar,the 25-year-old Pujara provides a good option for potential investors linking themselves to him.

Robert Weintraub,author of the books 8216;The Victory Season8217; and 8216;The House That Ruth Built8217; and a regular writer for The New York Times and ESPN.com,has highlighted Pujara8217;s penchant for big scores and placed him 8th in his top ten pro sports stock options list headed by 21-year-old Neymar.

The canny investor will put his money into the future of the next India captain,who stands to make a modest income on the field Dhoni clears about USD 3.5 million,but rake it in when it comes to endorsements.

Ponting buried Monkeygate during IPL

MELBOURNE: After questioning Sachin Tendulkars conduct during the Monkeygate scandal in his autobiography,former Australian captain Ricky Ponting now says he has made peace with the key Indian characters of the ugly drama during his IPL stint. Ponting,who in his book said that he was taken aback by Tendulkars statement which backed Harbhajan Singh in the furore,said the matter is behind him now. I had to captain Harbhajan and Sachin,and the then Indian captain Anil Kumble was the mentor/coach. They wouldnt have had me there if that Monkeygate hadnt passed over, Ponting told ESPNcricinfo. And Anil hasnt said anything about being angry or anything like that,its just about moving on and wait until my book.Harbhajan was the one there was a problem with,but we got to Mumbai,looked each other in the eye and shook hands and said well make this work for the next couple of months. Thats well and truly gone, he said.But Ponting said the pain of all-rounder Andrew Symonds,who alleged that Harbhajan racially abused him,has remained.

Vatican launches its own cricket club

vatican city: The Vatican has officially launched its cricket club,an initiative aimed at forging ties with teams of other faiths. The Vatican8217;s culture ministry marked the occasion by serving tea and cucumber sandwiches. No,Pope Francis isn8217;t taking up a sport long associated with manicured grounds and English nobility. The soccer-mad 8221;slum pope8221; still prefers that lower-brow sport. But he and the Vatican have long championed sports as good for the mind,body and soul. The cricket club is the latest initiative of the Vatican8217;s culture ministry to use sports to engage in dialogue with the contemporary world. Australia8217;s ambassador to the Holy See,John McCarthy,said he hoped the St. Peter8217;s Cricket Club will field a team to play the Church of England at Lord8217;s sometime next fall.