Gilchrist, Jacques top buys
Calcutta: Legends Jacques Kallis and Adam Gilchrist fetched handsome price at the Masters Champions League auction in Dubai on Monday. While Kallis was bought at $175,000 by Libra Legends, Gilchrist went to Sagittarius Soldiers for $170,000. Sourav Ganguly, one of the marquee players, is also part of the Libra Legends squad.
Dhoni included
Calcutta: Pacer Varun Aaron will lead the Jharkhand squad in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. As reported by The Telegraph on November 1, the squad also features India’s limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, a Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) release said on Monday.
THE SQUAD
Varun Aaron (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sumit Kumar, Ishank Jaggi, Saurabh Tiwary, Anand Singh, Kumar Deobrat, Kaushal Singh, Rahul Shukla, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sonu Singh, Monu Kumar, SP Gautam, Ankit Dabas, Jaskaran Singh
Schools’ meet
Calcutta: Nava Nalanda beat La Martiniere for Boys by eight wickets at the SLOBA Inter-school Invitational cricket tournament. In another match, South Point defeated Calcutta Boys School by 22 runs.
SUMMARISED SCORES
La Martiniere for Boys 93. Nava Nalanda 95/2. Nava Nalanda won by 8 wickets; South Point 121/6. Calcutta Boys 99. South Point won by 22 runs.
Inspection
Calcutta: An ICC inspection team will be visiting the city on Thursday for a recce of the facilities and preparation ahead of the World T20, to be held in the country next year. The Eden and JU Salt Lake Campus ground (practice venue) top the inspection list. Meanwhile, former Bengal cricketer Safi Ahmed has become a BCCI curator.
Md. Sp. wary
Calcutta: A wary Mohammedan Sporting will be looking to get back to winning ways when they face Fateh Hyderabad in their first away game of the ongoing I-League second division, at the Lal Bhahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyberabad, on Tuesday.
PBL auction
New Delhi: Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei fetched the maximum prize of $100,000, while PV Sindhu and K. Srikanth were bought for a whopping $95,000 and $80,000, respectively, at the re-christened Premier Badminton League players’ auction.
