Sangwan attends tribunal

Sangwan,tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug during the closing stages of this years IPL.

Disgraced cricketer Pradeep Sangwan on Tuesday appeared before a three-member tribunal comprising foreign experts to appeal against a sanction imposed on him by the BCCI for failing a dope test. Sangwan,22,tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug during the closing stages of this years IPL. He appeared before the UK-based panel along with his lawyers and has contested the two-year ban that he faces. The hearing took place via video conferencing and was also attended by three officials from the BCCI. The verdict shall be out within the next 10 days, a BCCI official said.

Ajmal used to pressure

Veteran off-spinner Saeed Ajmal feels that his skipper Misbah ul-Haq is over-reliant on him at times but he is ready to take that in his stride as he strives to excel for Pakistan in the interntaional arena. My captain,Misbah-ul-Haq does rely on me a lot in the team and at times I feel there is an element of over-reliance on me but I am fine with this and I try to deliver for the team all the time, Ajmal said. Pakistans best bowler for the last two years in all formats said he relished the challenge of being Pakistans best bowler but at times felt the burden of expectations as well.

MCA vs CCI

The long-standing tussle between the Mumbai Cricket Association and the Cricket Club of India,both affiliated units of the BCCI,came to the fore at last Sundays AGM of the Board following a suggestion to allot international matches directly to CCI. There was a suggestion from the chair BCCI chief N Srinivasan that CCI should be allotted international games to which I,as MCA president,objected, said MCA president Ravi Savant. Our contention is that we are not against CCI getting international games but they should be routed through us only as they are under our jurisdiction. The issue has assumed significance as MCA has already written to the BCCI requesting the Board to allot to them,what could be Sachin Tendulkars 200th Test during next months home series against the West Indies.

Hope we have a Hollies

When Perth Scorchers take on Mumbai Indians in the CLT20 on Wednesday,the Australian sides coach Justin Langer would like one of his bowlers do a Hollies to Mumbais Sachin Tendulkar. Eric Hollies,best known for having bowled Sir Don Bradman for a duck with a googly in latters last ever Test match. I hope we have a Hollies in our team tomorrow when we bowl to Sachin. Langer said smiling. Hollies wasnt that the name?