New Delhi: Haryana leg-spinner Amit Mishra was on Sunday named as captain of the North Zone for their upcoming Duleep Trophy match, to be held here from February 4. The selectors picked a 15-member squad for the four-day tie in which North Zone will take on the winners of the match between East Zone and West Zone. Squad: Amit Mishra (C), Shikhar Dhawan (VC), Rahul Diwan, Abhinav Bali, Mandeep Singh, Paras Dogra, Mayank Sidana, Vikas Mishra, H V Patel, Parwinder Awana, Rishi Dhawan, Punit Bisht, Rajat Bhatia, I D Singh and Pradeep Sangwan. Stand-byes: MS Goni, Nishan Singh, Gurvinder Singh and Yashpal Singh.
IOA officials counter Showcause to Kalmadi
New Delhi: The bitter turf war in the IOA on Sunday took a dramatic turn with the release of a showcause notice to sacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi by the body’s disbanded Ethics Commission and four office bearers later countering it as “fabricated and illegal”. Later in the day, four office bearers of IOA rubbished the reports of showcausing Kalmadi by the disbanded Ethics Commission and sought for an inquiry by the acting president into the matter. The four members of the IOA said any such notice by the commission was “fabricated” and report prepared by it “illegal and unauthorised”.
Graham Ford set to replace Marsh as SL coach
Colombo: Geoff Marsh’s unimpressive four-month stint as Sri Lanka coach is almost over with the SLC set to appoint former South Africa coach Graham Ford as the Australian’s successor. Ford coached the Proteas for two years from 1999 to 2001, taking over from the late Bob Woolmer. An official announcement on this is likely to be made after the one-day series against South Africa
United stun Bagan 2-1
Kolkata: United Sports Club dealt a big blow to Mohun Bagan’s title aspiration by notching up a 2-1 victory in their return leg I-League fixture at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan on Sunday. Kayne Vincent (16th) gave United SC the lead but Bagan hit back in three minutes, courtesy an Anwar Ali strike as both the teams made their intention clear early. But it was Deepak Mondal who produced a powerful right-footer from 30 yards that sealed Bagan’s fate as they registered the second successive I-League win this season against the same opponents.
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