IPL: Brijesh Patel 'not to resign' from RCB post

Bengaluru: The BCCI may have taken a step in the right direction by bringing about a 'No Conflict of Interest' memorandum for the members of its affiliated units but there are senior officials who are yet to forego their IPL deals with notable among them being Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary Brijesh Patel.

While former India leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani recently quit from selector's post in Madhya Pradesh Senior Selection Committee as his son Mihir is now playing first-class cricket for the state but Patel is not going that way.

The former India Test player is still the 'Head of Cricket Operations' of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore apart from being the secretary of the KSCA.

Patel, over the years, has been actively involved with the running of the IPL franchise right from the auction process. A look at the RCB website still shows Patel as the 'Head of Cricket Operations'.

Asked whether he will resign from the post of 'Head of Cricket Operations' of RCB, Patel told PTI: "Where is the Conflict of Interest? No. I will be staying."

Asked about his views on the whole issue of 'Conflict of Interest', he said, "I would not wish to make any comment on the issue."

Patel also said that he has "spoken to BCCI president Shashank Manohar" but did not divulge as to what transpired between the two of them.

A senior BCCI official in the know of things said that while Patel's is a clear case of 'Conflict of Interest' but sources close to former Karnataka batsman feels that his KSCA post is an honorary one.

"Brijesh feels that since KSCA secretary's post is an honorary one where he is not getting any money, it should not clash with his role in RCB," a senior BCCI official said.

According to the Clause 1 (A) sub-clause (B) of the 'No Conflict of Interest' guidelines released by the BCCI: "An administrator or his near relative shall not be on the payroll of an IPL Franchise."

Recently, another Karnataka stalwart Roger Binny was removed from senior national selector's post before completing his full term as his son Stuart is playing international cricket and it was seen as a possible case of 'Conflict of Interest'.

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Umesh Yadav takes hattrick as Vidarbha bowl Rajasthan out for 216 in Ranji Trophy 2015-16

Umesh Yadav managed to make a bold statement after not being considered for the second India-South Africa Test at Bengaluru after he recorded a hat-trick for Vidarbha on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A fixture against Rajasthan at Nagpur. Electing to bat after winning the toss at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Nagpur, Rajasthan were bundled out for 216 after Yadav collected the last three wickets to finish with figures of 4 for 45 in 17.4 overs. Yadav, who was in average bowling form in the two One-Day Internationals (ODI) that he played against the South Africans, had recorded figures of 4 for 49 in the first innings of Vidarbha’s previous Test against Assam. UPDATES: Vidarbha vs Rajasthan, Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match at Nagpur, Day 1

The Rajasthan batting order struggled for the most part against Vidarbha, losing their first three wickets with just 63 on board. No. 3 batsman PR Yadav put up a fightback to pull his side out of trouble momentarily, adding 69 runs for the fourth wicket along with Rajat Bhatia (30 off 56). He was ultimately dismissed by Akshay Wakhare for 67 off 114 balls, as Rajasthan lost their fifth wicket with 145 on board. Siddharth Dobal was the other major contributor with the bat in the Rajasthan innings, managing to reach his half-century before Yadav’s spell brought an end to their innings.

Vidarbha are currently placed fifth in Group A in the points table with 16 points, and will aim for a win in order to move up the order, while Rajasthan is languishing at the bottom after two defeats and three draws that has resulted in just five points.

Brief scores:

Rajasthan 216 (PR Yadav 67, Rajat Bhatia 30, Siddharth Dobal 51*; Umesh Yadav 4 for 45, Akshay Wakhare 3 for 78) vs Vidarbha.

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Saina Nehwal loses China Open final to Olympic champ Li Xuerui

Shuttler Saina Nehwal’s bid to defend her women’s singles title at the China Open Superseries Premier was unsuccesful as she suffered a straight-game defeat to Olympic champion Li Xuerui in the final of the US $700,000 event in Fuzhou on Sunday.

Top seed and Olympic bronze medallist Nehwal, committed a host of unforced errors to go down 12-21, 15-21 against World No. 7 Li in the 39-minute-long title clash at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center.

Up against an opponent against whom she has lost nine times in the past, Nehwal failed to create the pressure which could have wilted Xuerui, who showed better understanding of the Indian’s game to outdo her for the 10th time.

In their 12th meeting, Nehwal initially used her knowledge of the conditions to her advantage to zoom to a 4-1 lead early on but she committed too many unforced errors after that for Xuerui to move ahead.

Nehwal, who last played Xuerui in the Malaysian open, struggled with a few strokes going wide and also left gaps on her left which the Chinese exploited to wrest a 7-4 lead. Nehwal won a parallel game and a point when Xuerui missed the line after a long rally but the Chinese used her net drops and rode on Nehwal’s unforced errors to lead 11-6 at the break.

Xuerui, who has won the last five matches against Nehwal, continued her march after the interval even as the Indian kept breathing down her neck with some occasional points.

Xuerui made some immaculate saves while Nehwal started crumbling under pressure which allowed the Chinese to lead 19-10. Nehwal then again hit wide to gave Li a 10-point advantage at 20-10. Nehwal saved a couple before mistiming a return to give the first game to Li.

In the second game, Nehwal surged ahead to a 4-0 lead once again. Playing their fifth final of the year, Xuerui and Nehwal engaged in engrossing rallies and even though Xuerui came up with some spectacular shots, she also committed some mistakes to allow Nehwal to lead 11-6 at the interval.

However, Xuerui changed gears after the interval and came up with sharp smashes and drops to reel off seven points to surpass Saina and make it 13-12 in her favour.

Xuerui picked up the shuttle early and came up with disguised shots to catch Nehwal off-guard.

There was a spring in Xuerui’s steps as she dominated the proceedings. The Indian failed to give the finishing touch to the rallies and also went wide and long too often to help Xuerui eventually grab a 19-15 lead.

A brilliant drop by Xuerui found Nehwal stretched as her stroke went to net and then the Indian hit the shuttle long as Xuerui clinched her second title of the season.

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Khawaja out of Adelaide, Hobart Tests

Australia will need to reshuffle their batting order for at least the next two Test matches after Usman Khawaja was formally ruled out of both the Adelaide Test against New Zealand and the Hobart Test against West Indies.

Khawaja was found to have sustained a "moderate strain" on his re-injured left hamstring when chasing a ball on the second evening of the second Test against New Zealand in Perth.

"Usman suffered a left hamstring injury in the field yesterday afternoon and underwent scans in Perth this morning," the team physio David Beakley said. "The scans have indicated a moderate hamstring muscle strain, which means it is likely he will be unavailable for the next two Test matches in Adelaide and Hobart."

Shaun Marsh and Cameron Bancroft are expected to be frontrunners to step in for Khawaja, with the captain Steven Smith also likely to consider moving back up to No. 3 after batting at No. 4 over the past two Tests.

Whoever is chosen will face the adjustment of batting in the top order during the day-night third Test against New Zealand in Adelaide, before returning to the traditional format in the first Test against West Indies.

Khawaja, meanwhile, will hope to regain fitness in time for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

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Steady rain washes out day two

South Africa received an unexpected hand to give them a shot at saving the Bangalore Test. Well it wasn't entirely unexpected, in that it had been raining in Bangalore leading in to the Test and the cyclonic activity around India's east coast had promised more rain, but a steady drizzle since morning to wash out the whole of second day's play was unexpected.

That was arguably the first good news for South Africa in the Test series. After they psyched themselves up on a turning surface in Mohali, they lost Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander to injury, and then were bowled out for 214 on the first day after being asked to bat first. The Bangalore pitch was a normal day-one India track, but they managed to lose eight wickets to spin.

India, who had knocked off 80 runs on the first evening, were now looking for quick runs to get into lead. They will feel frustrated by the rain, not least because thunderstorms have been predicted for the third and fourth days of the Test too.

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Delhi records 88.5 per cent surge in festive online sales

இணைய வர்த்தக நிறுவனமான பிளிப்கார்ட்டின்  ‘பிக் டே சேல்ஸ்’ குறித்து சில எதிர்மறையான விமர்சனங்கள் அண்மையில் வெளியான போதிலும், ஷாப்பிங் விரும்பிகளுக்கு ஆன்லைன் ஷாப்பிங் மீதுள்ள மோகம் இன்னும் அதிகரித்திருக்கிறது என்பது சமீபத்தில் பல்வேறு தரப்பு ஆன்லைன் வாடிக்கையாளர்களிடம் நடத்தப்பட்ட ஆய்வின் முடிவில் தெரிய வந்துள்ளது. 

வழக்கமாக, ஆன்லைன் ஷாப்பிங் விகிதம் 56 சதவீதமாக உள்ள தலைநகர் டெல்லியில், விழாக்கால சிறப்பு விற்பனையை ஒட்டி, ஆன்லைன் ஷாப்பிங் விகிதம் திடீரென 88.5 சதவீதமாக உயர்ந்துள்ளதாக இந்த ஆய்வு தெரிவித்துள்ளது. 

மும்பை(80.5) அகமதாபாத்(78) பெங்களூரு ஆகிய நகரங்கள் டெல்லிக்கு அடுத்தடுத்த இடங்களில் உள்ளது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

நைஜீரியாவில் தொடரும் தற்கொலை தாக்குதல்கள்: 60 பேர் பலி?

நைஜீரியாவின் வடகிழக்கு நகரமான மைதுகிரிக்கு அருகே மேலும் ஒரு தற்கொலைத் தாக்குதல் நடந்துள்ளதாக அந்நாட்டு இராணுவம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது.

நேற்று முன் தினம் பள்ளிவாசல் ஒன்றில் நடந்த தற்கொலைத் தாக்குதலில் 30-க்கும் அதிகமான மக்கள் கொல்லப்பட்டிருந்த நிலையில், இந்தத் தாக்குதல் நடந்துள்ளது. நேற்று மசூதியில் மாலை நேர தொழுகை நடந்துகொண்டிருந்த போது, மூன்று பெண் தற்கொலைப் படையினர் தங்களின் உடலில் பொருத்தியிருந்த வெடிகுண்டுகளை வெடிக்கவைத்து தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதாகவும், அதில் மேலும் நான்கு பேர் பலியானதாகவும் தகவல்கள் வெளியாகியுள்ளது.

இருநாள் தாக்குதல்களிலும் குறைந்தது 34 பேர் பலியானதாக அதிகாரிகள் கூறியுள்ளனர். ஆனால் உள்ளூர் மக்களோ 60-க்கும் மேற்பட்டவர்கள் பலியாகியிருப்பதாக தெரிவிக்கின்றனர். நாட்டின் இறையாண்மைக்கு அச்சுறுத்தல் விடுக்கும் போகோ ஹராம் தீவிரவாதிகளுக்கு நைஜீரிய ராணுவம் எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளது. 

Railway Officials Allowed Sale of Fake Bottled Water on Trains: CBI

NEW DELHI:  Contractors were peddling counterfeit packaged drinking water on board trains helped by Railway officials, the Central Bureau of Investigation has said, busting a scandal in which Rs. 20 crores in cash was also seized in raids in one day.

The CBI team recovered the cash during searches at 13 locations against two former Northern Railways officials and seven private companies today in Delhi and Noida.

The nexus of the companies and bureaucrats was allegedly supplying water other than the Indian Railway's own Rail Neer brand on board trains, CBI officials said.

The CBI sources said a case has been registered against former Chief Commercial Managers of Northern Railways MS Chalia and Sandeep Silas.

Mr Silas has also served as the private secretary of two former two Union minister Oscar Fernandes and Ambika Soni.

The accused officials had allegedly favoured certain private companies in supplying cheap packaged drinking water other than mandatory Rail Neer brand on trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express.

While the contractors were supposed to purchase Rail Neer bottles from the Indian Rail Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC at around Rs. 10.50 and sell them at Rs. 15, they were sourcing cheaper water at as low as Rs. 6 per bottle and pocketing the difference, CBI spokesperson Devpreet Singh said.

"The accused public servants allegedly did not take any action against the private parties providing catering services in the premium trains despite repeated requests of IRCTC for non-picking of allotted quota of Rail Neer by the private caterers," the spokesperson said.

CBI Registers Case of Cheating Against Former BCCI Chief AC Muthaiah

NEW DELHI:  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out searches at the residence of former Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) president AC Muthaiah after registering a case of alleged bank fraud of Rs. 274 crore against him and three directors of his First Leasing Company of India.

A CBI spokesperson said a case has been registered under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery among others against Mr Muthaiah, the then Chairman, First Leasing Company of India Ltd, the company, the then Managing Director Farouk Irani, the then senior vice president S Dilli Raj, the then CFO L Shivaramakrishnana, and two Chennai-based chartered accountancy firms Sarathy and Balu, and MK Dandeker and Company.

The allegations including forgery of valuable security, forgery for the purpose of cheating, using forged documents as genuine and falsification of accounts that took place during 2005-2013.

"A case was registered on the complaint of IDBI Bank on the allegations of cheating the bank and causing an alleged loss of Rs. 274 crore (approx)," the CBI spokesperson said.

When asked for his reaction, Mr Muthaiah said, "I was merely a namesake chairman of the First Leasing Company of India Ltd and held only six to seven per cent shares in the company.

The company is under official liquidation since last one year and recently former CBI Director RK Raghavan had submitted his report to the official liquidator, he said.

"I am not involved in anything. I was only a namesake Chairman of the company and helping my friend Faruq Irani," he said.

He said that a CBI team came to his home this morning and enquired about the company and details. "However, there was no file pertaining to the the Leasing Company with me," said the former president of the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI).

The agency also said searches were conducted today at eight places -- seven in Chennai and one in Hyderabad -- in the offices and residences of the accused which led to recovery of incriminating documents.

Hardik Patel Threatens to Block India, South Africa Cricket Teams' Way to Rajkot Stadium

AHMEDABAD/RAJKOT:  Quota stir leader in Gujarat--Hardik Patel--today threatened to block the way of Indian and South African cricket teams to the Rajkot stadium-where the third one-day international match of the Gandhi-Mandela series will be played on October 18.

The 22-year-old Patel quota spearhead also said that Patel community members will cordon off Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) stadium in Khanderi village on outskirts of Rajkot city as tickets were allegedly not sold to his community members.

"Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) should clarify on why they declared that all tickets are sold in spite of the fact that many tickets yet remain unsold," Mr Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), said.

"PAAS will block the way of both the teams (of India and South Africa) to the stadium (on the match day) and we will also cordon the entire stadium," Mr Patel added.

Police has made elaborate security arrangements after the threat by Mr Patel and has decided to fortify the stadium.

Police will deploy three unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) and 90 CCTv cameras will be installed for security purposes.

Rajkot Range IG DR Patel today said they will deploy around 2,000 policemen and and five Superintendents of Police (SPs) to ensure the smooth conduct of the match.

Apart from the five SPs, 24 Deputy Superintendents of Police, 32 Police Inspectors, 183 Police Sub Inspectors, five women Police Sub Inspectors, 1210 constables, 50 traffic police and 171 lady police constables will be deployed, the IG said.

Besides, seven teams of Quick Response Cell (QRC), three companies of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) and one company of Rapid Action Force (RAF) will be deployed, the IG added.

Both the Indian and South African teams arrived in the city on Thursday and will practice on the ground on Saturday.

Mr Patel, who is agitating to get reservation for Patel community under Other backward Class (OBC) quota, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing politics over the cricket match.

"The (BJP) Government was saying till now that the match should not be turned into an agitation venue, but now this government is itself playing politics over the match," he said.

"I request to declare the details of ticket selling, because we believe that SCA has given all the match tickets to the BJP people," he alleged.

Mr Patel, whose detention in August sparked violence in the state taking toll of 10 lives, has alleged that the BJP people will create chaos and harm cricketers, but they will blame it on Patel community.

Earlier, Mr Patel had threatened that his community members will go in large numbers to the stadium on the match day and protest for quota..