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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Choose BCCI post or CSK, SC to Srinivasan India’s World Cup preparations Bopanna-Nestor pair advances, NEW DELHI, Jan 22: Director. Meiyappan and Kundra stands if a team official indulges in any The Lodha Committee, also proved while the charge of cover act that brings the game to disre- take a hit in tri-series Bhupathi-Melzer team crashes out In a setback to N Srinivasan, MELBOURNE, Jan 22: Argentine team of Diego pute. SYDNEY, Jan 22: bats at number four and not the Supreme Court today barred Schwartzman and Horacio BCCI 'welcomes' order Declaring as "void and inef- number three, a position where Rohan Bopanna and Daniel him from contesting any BCCI It was meant to be a dress Zeballos in only 67 minutes. fective," the amendment in 6.2.4 he has scored 14 of his 21 ODI Nestor were tested before mak- polls unless he forsakes owner- of Supreme Court of the BCCI rules which enabled rehearsal for the ODI World Cup Bhupathi continues to strug- hundreds. ing it to the second round even ship of an IPL team and appoint- Srinivasan to acquire a team in next month but the Indian crick- gle in his comeback as he ed a committee of retired judges NEW DELHI, Jan 22: The top-order responsibili- as Mahesh Bhupathi and his the IPL, the bench said it "clearly et team has been left grappling returned to on court action after to decide the punishment for his The BCCI today "wel- ties are given to Shikhar partner Jurgen Melzer crashed negates the declarations and with selection issues in the a nine-month break during son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan comed" the order of the Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and out of men’s doubles event of resolves of the BCCI by permit- ongoing tri-series against which he set up IPTL. and Raj Kundra that could seal Supreme Court related to the Ajinkya Rahane, with only one the Australian Open, here today. ting situations in which conflict Australia and England, failing to He played his first tourna- the fate of CSK and RR in the IPL spot-fixing case and said out of three showing any sem- Bopanna and Canada’s of interest would grossly erode find the combination that would ment at Chennai Open where he league. that they will hold the AGM in blance of form so far. Nestor, seeded seventh, fought comprising Justices Ashok Bhan the confidence of the people in be good enough for the marquee had lost in the second round accordance with the directions Ravindra Jadeja’s absence off a spirited challenge from and R V Ravenderan, would hand the authenticity, purity and event. with compatriot Saketh Myneni. and timelines as stipulated by has hurt India a lot. Over the last Marcos Baghdatis and Marinko I stand vindicated: down the punishment to integrity of the game. With two defeats in two Bhupathi and Melzer com- the apex court. couple of years the team man- Matosevic 7-6 (2) 7-5 in their Meiyappan and Kundra which "An amendment which matches against Australia and mitted a staggering 27 unforced Lalit Modi under the IPL rules could lead to "The BCCI welcomes the strikes at the very essence of the agement has groomed him to opening round in one hour and England respectively, there can errors to just nine of their oppo- cancellation of the franchise order of the Honorable game as stated in the Anti take up the number seven role. 46 minutes. NEW DELHI, Jan 22: be no doubt that India’s World nents, who served extremely relating to CSK and RR. Supreme Court, which has put Corruption Code cannot obvious- With R Ashwin and There was not much to dif- Claiming to have been vin- Cup preparation has gone awry. well. Notwithstanding the work of to rest the uncertainty, that has ly co-exist with the fundamental Bhuvneshwar Kumar to follow, ferentiate between the two dicated after the Supreme Court This tri-series was meant to The first set was a close the three-member committee, the prevailed in the recent past," imperatives. the lower order is able to con- teams as they hit an equal num- barred N Srinivsan from con- be a dress rehearsal for their title affair with both team holding apex court directed that BCCI BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel "Conflict of interest situation tribute quite a bit. But the ber of aces (10) and committed testing BCCI Presidential elec- defence over the next two serve till the ninth game. elections be held in six weeks said in a statement. is a complete anti-thesis to every- Saurashtra all-rounder is only same number of double faults tions owing to conflict of inter- months, but there is a good Bhupathi was terrific at the net, "subject to the condition that no "The BCCI will extend its thing recognized by BCCI as making his way back to full fit- (5). Bopanna and Nestor won 87 est, sacked IPL Commissioner chance now that India might not specially with his wristy drop one who has any commercial unstinted cooperation to the constituting fundamental impera- ness and as such the young Axar points, only eight more than Lalit Modi today said the ver- even make it to the tri-series interest in the BCCI events three-member committee tives of the game hence unsus- their rivals. volleys. dict will clean up corruption in final in Perth on February 1. Patel has been tried out in his (including N Srinivasan) shall be appointed by the Honorable tainable and impermissible in They will next take on The 6 feet 2 inch Zeballos the game. Ever since the two new balls place. eligible for contesting the elec- Supreme Court," he said. law," the bench said.. Spaniard Feliciano Lopez and was serving bombs and his serv- “Extremely happy with the rule came into effect, skipper “We all know that Ashwin tions for any post whatsoever". "The Annual General Body "Suffice it to say that amend- Belarusian Max Mirnyi, who got ice made a big difference to the Hon. Supreme Court judgement "We make it clear that the dis- ment to Rule 6.2.4 is the true vil- Mahendra Singh Dhoni has and Kumar can definitely bat, meeting of the BCCI which the better of Australia’s James outcome of the match. on #srinivasan ..Always qualification for contesting elec- lain in the situation at hand. It is shied away from playing seven but they will not clear big also includes the election of the Duckworth and Luke Saville 7-6 On Melzer’s serve, the believed that I would be vindi- tions applicable to those who are the amendment which attempts to batsmen in the eleven. The onus grounds easily. Once I go in to office bearers will be held in (1) 6-7(5) 6-2 in their first round Austrian and Bhupathi saved the cated #IPLVerdict,” Modi said holding any commercial interest validate what was on the date of has been to rely on five full-time bat at number six, I have to bal- accordance with the directions match. first two but Melzer sent a fore- in a series of tweets after the in BCCI events shall hold good the award of the franchise invalid bowlers and his dependency on ance between hitting out and not and timelines as stipulated by Earlier, Bhupathi and hand to net on the third chance apex court disallowed and continue till such time the as Rule 6.2.4 did not as on that the part-timers has waned. getting out, and it is a difficult the Honorable Supreme Court," Austrian partner Melzer suf- and threw his raquet in frustra- Srinivasan from fighting the person concerned holds such date permit an administrator to Slowly, but steadily, India thing to do,” Dhoni has stated. he said in the brief statement. fered a 4-6 3-6 defeat against tion. (PTI) BCCI Presidential election due commercial interest or till the have any commercial interest in have become a side that always “So we have to wait for to his stake in IPL team Committee considers and awards In its order, the Supreme any event organized by BCCI. Jadeja to return because he can Court barred BCCI's sidelined plays six front-line batsmen in Chennai Super Kings. suitable punishment to those While it may not be feasible ODIs, irrespective of conditions. do that hitting role at number Agarwal finalizes programmes “Decision by Hon. SC to liable for the same; whichever is President N Srinivasan from at this stage to interfere with the seven. In the meantime, Axar we contesting any Board election It has put focus on Dhoni’s disallow any administrator from later," the bench said. award of the franchise to ICL, all know can bat, and he needs on grounds of conflict of inter- finishing abilities at number six having any commercial interest The rider in the judgement especially when hundreds of to use these opportunities. probably would make it difficult est and set up a judges commit- crores have been invested by the and heaped pressure on Suresh for Republic Day in cricket is bang on Tomorrow he can be groomed for Srinivasan to become the tee under a former Chief Justice franchisee, the amendment which Raina’s role at number five. To Excelsior Correspondent committee headed by Mr #IPLVerdict #SriniGameOver,” into the Jadeja role too,” said BCCI President, unless he quick- of India to decide on the pun- perpetuates such a conflict cannot hedge their bets in the middle Agarwal and prominent among he added.