The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 23

The International News Weekly Sports
December 01, 2017 | Toronto
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Virat Kohli, CoA agree on pay hike for cricketers
Agencies
NEW DELHI: Indian skipper
Virat Kohli and his predecessor
Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday
met with the Supreme Court
appointed-Committee of Administrators
(CoA) to discuss a number
of issues, including the salaries of
cricketers and the Future Tours
and Programme (FTP).
Besides Kohli and Dhoni, head
coach Ravi Shastri also attended
the meeting with CoA chairman
Vinod Rai, CoA member Diana
Edulji and BCCI CEO Rahul
Johri, where issues like the player
retainership policy and annual retainership
fee were also discussed.
Rai said the meeting was extensive
and fruitful without divulging
the nature of the discussions.
No decisions have yet been
taken.
"It was a productive meeting.
The team management was very
forthcoming with their recommendations
and their thoughts on
various issues," Rai told reporters
after the meeting, which lasted
more than two hours.
"This was a path-breaking
initiative. We feel we've found
common ground and aligned our
thoughts for the betterment of the
game -- be it the policies under
which the player remuneration
and FTP will be worked upon," he
added.
Ahead of the second Test
against Sri Lanka in Nagpur,
Kohli had complained about the
cramped schedule and lack of
preparation time for the challenging
tour of South Africa next
month.
Rai had also backed the skipper,
saying that the players were
right in their demand, and they
needed rest.
Commenting on the issue of
FTP for 2019-23, which will be discussed
at the ICC workshop on
December 7 and 8, Rai said: "On
FTP, we agree with them and will
look into it so that they get enough
rest."
"All the inputs they have to
give us were taken and we are going
to factor those in. The FTP, we
bounced it off them.
"Presentations have been
made, they are in agreement with
the FTP so that they get enough
rest etc. Number of (playing) days
I can't tell you exactly because we
haven't yet worked it out," he added.
Rai further said that the principles
of compensation package
will also be structured gradually.
"The principles on which
compensation package has to be
structured, that has been agreed
to. It's only a question of numbers
now. We will now match the
revenue with compensation
that each player receives," the former
CAG said.
Captain Mithali Raj says
Virat inspires her
Agencies
NEW DELHI: India
Women's cricket team
captain Mithali Raj
on Thursday heaped
praise on skipper Virat
Kohli and said it is commendable
how he stays
focused on staying fit
throughout the year.
"It feels great that all
of them are getting their
due, and that people
are finally recognising
them," the 34-year-old
said at the CNN-News18
Indian of the Year 2017.
"I've come so far
playing cricket in an
era where it was not really
appreciated, and responding
to trolls is not
really worth my time.
"There are so many
people who inspire me
every day, not one person.
But if I do have to
name someone, it's got to
be Virat Kohli, for bringing
the focus on fitness.
Be it the men or women,
everyone wants to be
the best in international
cricket," Raj added.
Current India team can beat
Agencies
NAGPUR: Ahead of India's high-profile
South Africa tour, former captain
Kapil Dev on Thursday said the current
side are at a level to beat any team.
Following the ongoing series
against Sri Lanka at home, India are
slated to visit South Africa for three
Tests, six One-Day Internationals (ODI)
and three Twenty20 Internationals in
January.
"I think the team has reached a
level where they can beat anyone," the
anyone: Kapil Dev
58-year-old said at the CNN-News18 Indian
of the Year 2017.
"Be it South Africa..or Australia,
I think we have a captain who understands
how the team functions," added
the country's first World Cup-winning
skipper. The legendary all-rounder emphasised
on the fact that India are going
to face a problem of plenty, with many
young talents to be picked up from.
"The only problem that the team is
going to face is that whom they are going
to pick in the playing XI, as we have
a very strong bench," Dev said.
India's Mirabai wins two golds in women's weightlifting worlds
Agencies
ANAHEIM: Indian athlete
Chanu Saikhom Mirabai
showed grit in winning
the women's 48kg total and
clean and jerk titles at the
2017 world weightlifting
championships on Wednesday.Mirabai,
the 2017 Com
monwealth Games champion,
lifted her personal best
in career totaling 194kg to
beat Sukcharoen Thunya
of Thailand to the second
place by a slim margin of
1kg. She was also the winner
in clean and jerk of the
event, reports Xinhua news
agency.
Two-time junior world
champion Sukcharoen finished
first in snatch with
86kg but came up short in
the clean and jerk.
The Pan-American
champion Ana Iris Segura
Segura from Columbia was
third in total.
Nearly 400 athletes
from about 70 countries
and regions, including six
reigning Olympic champions,
will be competing
through December 5 at
the competition. This will
be the first world championships
featuring eight
weight categories for both
men and women.
Duleep Trophy should have zonal teams: Bishan Bedi
Agencies
NEW DELHI: Former India
cricket captain Bishan
Singh Bedi on Wednesday
urged the Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI)
to bring back the older version
of the Duleep Trophy,
which he felt should have
zonal teams.
While the BCCI excluded
the Duleep Trophy from
the 2015-16 season, in the
last two seasons, the teams
were named as India Blue,
India Green and India Red.
The teams were composed
of players from across the
zones.
Delivering a memorial
lecture at the first Delhi and
District Cricket Association
(DDCA) annual conclave,
Bedi also urged the young
cricketers to prove their talent
at the two domestic competitions
before thinking
about the franchise-based
Indian Premier League (IPL)
Twenty20 tournament.
Bedi said that the cricket
officials should have a relook
at the way the Ranji
Trophy is played. He minced
no words in criticising the
current state of the Duleep
Trophy.
"These two competitions
are crucial to our cricket
structure. It used to be a ladder
-- you do well for state
teams and then go on to represent
the zonal teams. That
tradition has been broken.
"Ranji Trophy needs a
fair and hard look. Duleep
Trophy should not see the
colours instead of zones," he
said, referring to the names
of the teams in the current
mode. That has to be the
criteria for international
consideration. "I have no issue
at all on those going for
T20s and IPL matches. Assessment
of a talent has to be
on the figures of first-class
cricket," he insisted.
Bedi also "respected"
current Indian skipper Virat
Kohli's complaint of
a cramped international
cricket schedule.