Kaur kerfuffle
Whether a meeting between the board president and the Indian captain was held was not common knowledge but, if you look back, what happened did not really elevate cricket, stopping far short of widening even its commercial appeal.
Whether a meeting between the board president and the Indian captain was held was not common knowledge but, if you look back, what happened did not really elevate cricket, stopping far short of widening even its commercial appeal.
This was conveyed to a section of the media by Ganguly himself on Saturday evening. He also confirmed that he will be filing his nomination on October 18.
The European owners of the Ahmedabad franchise also lend a touch to the IPL that is suitably exotic for now but the door having been opened to worldwide cricket entrepreneurship in India, well might others be ringing the calling bell from now on.
Meanwhile, the same report also confirms that former Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar will be travelling to UAE for his IPL commentary stint.
Ganguly, meanwhile, tested negative for COVID-19, a source close to the former India captain confirmed on Saturday.
The Indian team had defeated hosts England by 36 runs to lift the T20 Physical Disability World Cricket Series in August last year.
Ganguly had also confirmed that the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) will be conducting the interviews on Wednesday.
It is worth highlighting that the concept had been introduced in the IPL last year itself but was restricted to only uncapped players.
They will be shortlisting the applicants for the selectors' role for personal interviews.
PCB chief Ehsan Mani has now gone on record suggesting that nothing has been finalised yet.
