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Daily Roundup (Apr-26-2007)
BCCI declares that the new coach and new manager would be chosen once the World Cup ends. Moody and Whatmore seem to be the favorites. Also, BCCI has appointed a 7-member committee to select the next coach. The members of the committee are: Sharad Pawar, the board president, will head the committee which also includes former captains Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and S Venkataraghavan. N Srinivasan, BCCI treasurer, and MP Pandove, the joint secretary are also members of the committee while Niranjan Shah, the board secretary, will be its convenor. ----------
Sreesanth may be in trouble for speaking on the issue of Endorsements, and the BCCI cap on them."As far as I know, he [Sreesanth] didn't seek permission before speaking to the press," BCCI joint secretary MP Pandove told the Hindustan Times. "I will ask the state association whether he had asked for their permission." Pandove added that the board had never said that the players should not advertise. ----------
On the neighborhood front, Inzy seems to have fallen out of favor from PCB. He is likely to be dropped from the PAK Test side."They believe Inzamam is now over-the-hill and also blame him for Pakistan's humiliating World Cup performance. The Board and the members of the newly-appointed national selection committee believe that it is time Pakistan brought in new faces in a bid to rebuild the squad for the 2011 World Cup to be played in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh," the paper said. ----------
Bob Woolmer's body will be flown to South Africa today.
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Buchanan is hinting at Michael Clarke becoming the captain after Ricky Ponting.Australian coach John Buchanan has tipped upcoming young batsman Michael Clarke to become captain after Ricky Ponting's time was up if he made right choices in that direction.
Buchanan, who has worked with Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting in his eight years as the team's coach, said Clarke, nicknamed 'Pup', could be the top dog once Ponting's time was up.
"I see him growing as a person. He is obviously performing pretty well on the field," Buchanan said. ----------
Khalid A-H Ansari, on Mid-Day, recalls his experience with the members of "Bharat Army".Unbearably loud, grossly ill mannered and extremely inconsiderate towards fellow-passengers, their incessant chatter, tasteless jokes, discourtesy towards ladies, politically incorrect jokes and racist and sexist remarks do not redound to India’s credit.
Despite living abroad — the majority come from Britain — their table manners are execrable and their unabashed jostling as they make a beeline for the food tables embarrassing.
They think nothing of screaming in the ship’s corridors late at night and early in the morning to the annoyance of sleeping passengers, and the less said about their toilet hygiene the better. Hhmmmm... now, most of the things Ansari said would have been done in public; so he was able to watch it. But what about this "toilet hygiene" thing? How did Ansari know anything about the "toilet Hygiene" of Bharat Army? That's interesting. Did he help the drunk Army members in toilet? Did he hide in the restroom and witness something? Did Army members do something in public, related to toilet? I wonder what exactly does he want to say about "toilet hygiene"? He doesn't elaborate on that.
But anyways, if what he says is true then it surely is despicable behavior. On the other hand, he says only the young indulged in such behavior. So, I'm guessing they must be teenagers or 20 - 22 year olds. I am wondering that on a cruise liner, the young would like to enjoy their stay. Right? Of course, discourtesey to ladies, hogging the food etc. are not the right things, but how many young people on a cruise liner would keep quite? Wouldn't they shout, crack jokes, drink, enjoy themselves the way they want to? Which young person would pay a high amount of money to go on a cruise liner and still behave like he was in front on his parents, in his home? I feel Ansari's extreeme criticism is unwarranted. Some acts were wrong, but not all acts were condemnable.
Why make it the India-issue? Were these Indian-origin people the only one who were doing these so-called "bad behavior" things? Were young people of all other nationalities behaving like they were coming straight out of Swiss Finishing Schools?
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