The Indian cricket board (BCCI) appointed former India pacers Chetan Sharma, Abey Kuruvilla and Debasis Mohanty as national selectors. Chetan will replace Sunil Joshi as the chairman of senior national selection committee. Joshi and Harvinder Singh, who were appointed as selectors in February, will continue in their roles. Chetan, Kuruvilla and Mohanty will represent north, west and east zones. The cricket advisory committee (CAC) comprising of Madan Lal, RP Singh and Sulakshana Naik had a tough time choosing between former India pacer Ajit Agarkar and Chetan for the chief selector’s role. Mohanty has been promoted to senior committee from being the chief selector of junior committee. Interestingly, the committee will be reviewed by CAC after a year even as they are eligible for a tenure of at least two years. Chetan was appointed as the chief selector as he played more number of Test matches than the others. Agarkar has played 191 ODIs and 26 Tests whereas Chetan has played 23 Tests and 65 ODIs. Kuruvilla has played 10 Tests and 25 ODIs, Mohanty two Tests and 45 ODIs.
Wrestler Anshu bags WC silver
Promising wrestler Anshu Malik won India’s first medal – a silver – at the Individual World Cup in Belgrade, Serbia. The 19-year-old put up a valiant fight before losing to reigning European champion Anastasia Nichita of Moldova 5-1in the 57kg women’s freestyle final. On the road to the final, Anshu defeated Alyona Kolesnik of Azerbaijan 4-2 in the qualification round, then won against Laura Mertens of Germany 3-1in the quarters. In the semifinal bout, she overpowered Veronika Chumikova of Russia 7-4. This was Anshu’s third international tournament at the senior level and she has won a medal in each of them. The Haryana girl made her senior debut earlier this year in Rome, where she won a silver. She followed it with a bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Delhi. Anshu comes from a family of wrestlers. Her father, Dharamvir Malik, was a wrestler himself and represented the CISF for a while before calling it quits in order to support his daughter.
Reliance to buy out IMG from sports mgmt JV
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has agreed to buy out IMG Worldwide from the sports management joint venture IMG-Reliance (IMG-R) for £5.2 million. RIL will rebrand the company after the closure of the deal. RIL had formed 50:50 joint venture with IMG Worldwide, an international sports marketing and management company, in 2010 to develop, market and manage sports and entertainment in India. IMG is a leader in sports, fashion, events and media, operating in more than 30 countries, and is a part of the Endeavor network. IMG Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMG, holds 50% share in IMG-R.
