AFRO-ASIAN CUP: TENDULKAR OPTS OUT, ZAHEER, GANGULY IN
Sachin Tendulkar today made way for Sourav Ganguly, while Zaheer Khan was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member one-day Asia cricket team for the Afro-Asian Cup beginning in Bangalore on June 6. Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh are the other four Indians who were named in the original squad announced earlier this month. The 11-member squad for the Afro-Asia Twenty20 tournament also saw one change as S Sreesanth replaced Munaf Patel.
INDIAN TEAM RETURNS FROM BANGLADESH
The Indian cricket team today returned to Kolkata from Dhaka after a successful tour of Bangladesh where they won both the one-day and Test series. Most of the players left for their home destinations taking different flights and Sourav Ganguly drove home straight, while team manager Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad, batsmen Wasim Jaffar and Dinesh Kaarthick will travel in the evening.
ICC TO APPOINT ACTING PRESIDENT SOON
The International Cricket Council will soon appoint an acting president in place of Percy Sonn, who died of complications from a colon operation. Sir John Anderson of New Zealand and Malaysian Prince Tunku Imran are said to be in the running for the post vacated after the demise of the 57-year-old South African.
CAPTAIN IS THE BOSS, SAYS WHATMORE
Outgoing Bangladesh cricket coach Dav Whatmore, who is eyeing the top job in India, believes the captain is the boss of a team. "Definitely, captain is the boss. He is in-charge of the team," Whatmore said at a media interaction in Dhaka. Pointing out that the job of a cricket coach was still evolving, Whatmore said, "It's the players who make a coach. They are the ones who have to go to the battlefield. The coach creates an environment where the best in the boys come out." Asked if it was proper to put the blame on the coach if a team loses, he said, "when a team wins, the players get the accolades. And so, when a team loses, everyone should share responsibility."
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