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ICC gives BCCI Aug. 30 deadline

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI AUG. 27. The Indian team for the ICC Champions Trophy will be announced on August 29 or 30, according to indications from the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Niranjan Shah.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has given the BCCI a Friday (August 30) deadline to name the Indian team for the Colombo event, scheduled from September 12 to 29, 2002, said the Board secretary on Tuesday, prior to his departure for Dubai in connection with the ICC Cricket Committee (Management) meeting on August 29.

Mr. Shah said the selectors would be asked to meet on Thursday, August 29 to finalise the team, but did not comment on whether the BCCI president, Jagmohan Dalmiya, would be in touch with the Indian squad, now on tour in England, over the controversial endorsement issue.

The problem arose after skipper Sourav Ganguly and teammates refused to heed the Board's request to convey their signed acceptance of eligibility conditions for the Champions Trophy.

Mr Dalmiya is scheduled to attend the world body's Executive Board meeting in Dubai on August 31, convened to find a solution to the `ambush marketing' contract opposed by Indians and players of other nations.

Matters came to a head when the Board president refused any mediatory effort by Ravi Shastri, former India skipper and commentator, chosen as spokesperson by the Indian team.

India, playing the third Test at Headingley against England, with the unresolved contracts issue at the back of their minds, went on to score a memorable innings and 46-run victory to level the four-Test series. Skipper Ganguly, vice-captain Rahul Dravid, skipper Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, four key members affected by the `ambush marketing' contract in connection with the Champions Trophy, had played vital roles in the third Test victory.

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