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BCCI changes Ranji schedule for Champions T20 League

Oct 04, 2008

The Ranji Trophy schedule for the 2008-09 season has been altered to prevent a clash of dates with the Champions Twenty20 League, which is scheduled from December 3 to 10.
As per the revised fixtures, the third and fourth round matches of the Elite division have been advanced by a day from November 17 and 24 to November 16 and 23 respectively. The dates of the subsequent rounds have also been changed.
In the Plate division, the first two rounds dates will remain unaltered but from third round onwards their schedule will be changed.
The final match's date remains the same but the semifinals would be played on new dates, according to a statement issued by BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan.

Manohar takes over BCCI reins from Pawar

Sept 27, 2008

Shashank Manohar the Nagpur based lawyer replaced Sharad Pawar on Saturday, as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). In another change, N Srinivasan became the BCCI secretary at the 79th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the apex cricket body in the country.
Manohar, who took over as the new president of BCCI, served as one of the five vice-presidents under Pawar. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the former Indian captain as well as Test and ODI opener was appointed as the chief selector, replacing Dilip Vengsarkar. He also captained India on the 1989 tour of Pakistan. There are also some new faces in the four different zones who will act as the co-selectors. They are - Yashpal Sharma, Raja Venkat, Surendra Bhave and Narendra Hirwani. Abey Kuruvilla, the former Test and Mumbai pacer became the new chairman of the junior selection panel as Lalchand Rajput, the former, Mumbai based Test opener refused to accept the job.
The chairman of the outgoing junior selection panel, Sanjeev Sharma will remain a member of the five-man panel along with Sanjay Desai, Rajesh Borah, Rajinder Singh Hans and Sanjay Jagdale. Mahendra Pandove, another joint secretary under Pawar, holds the post of the new treasurer. Arun Jaitley, N Shivlal Yadav, Aridam Ganguly, Chirayu Amin and Lalit Modi have been elected as the five vice presidents. Pawar will continue to be the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association. Besides, he also plays the important role as the chairman of its important marketing sub-committee.
While Rajeev Shukla, one of the vice-presidents under Pawar, was elected as the new chairman of the finance committee; Niranjan Shah was appointed vice-chairman of the Indian Premier League, led by Modi. While speaking to the media, Manohar told that the working committee had decided that before being appointed to the senior selection panel, the candidate for the post must have played his last international match at least ten years ago.