da apostaganha： Mumbai and Ranji Trophy champions Baroda are to play a one-day triseries in Kenya from September 10 to September 25
Staff and Agencies29-Aug-2001* Mumbai announce squad for Kenya tourMumbai and Ranji Trophy champions Baroda are to play a one-day triseries in Kenya from September 10 to September 25. The Mumbai CricketAssociation (MCA) while making this announcement named a 16-man squadfor the tour. Fast bowler Paras Mhambrey will lead the side while legspinner Sairaj Bahutule will be his deputy.The team, which was finalised by a selection committee chaired byDilip Vengsarkar also includes former Indian left-hander Vinod Kambli.Other prominent players include opening batsman Wasim Jaffer, Indiadiscard Ajit Agarakar and former India left-arm spinner NileshKulkarni. Former Indian Test opener Lalchand Rajput was named thecoach of the side.The MCA also named the Mumbai squad for the Coromandel King Moin-Ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Invitation Cricket tournament which will be played inHyderabad from September 2 to September 16. Mhambrey was named captainof that side too.The teams:(For Kenya) – Paras Mhambrey (captain), Sairaj Bahutule (vicecaptain), Robin Morris, Wasim Jaffer, Vinayak Mane, Vinod Kambli,Kunal More, Nilesh Patwardhan, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar, NileshKulkarni, Swapnil Hazare, Paul Valthaty, Bhavin Thakkar, MayankKhandwala, Pravin Gogri. Lalchand Rajput (Coach)(For Moin-Ud-Dowlah) – Paras Mhambrey (captain), Robin Morris, VinayakMane, Paul Valthaty, Vinod Kambli, Bhavin Thakkar, Sushant Manjrekar,Nilesh Patwardhan, Ajit Agarkar, Swapnil Hazare, Nilesh Kulkarni,Romesh powar, Abhijit Shetye, Hrishkesh Shende and Aziz Shaikh.* Azhar’s petition challenging ban will now be heard on September 12A city civil court in Hyderabad on Monday adjourned the hearing offormer Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin ‘s petition challenging thelife ban imposed on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) to September 12.J Shyam Sunder Rao, second additional chief judge of the city civilcourt, posted the hearing for next month as the interim stay grantedlast month by the High Court on further proceedings of the casefollowing a revision petition filed by BCCI in the High Court was notyet vacated.* Karim plans to set-up academy in PatnaEx-India stumper Saba Karim is the latest former cricketer who hasbeen bitten by the “starting an academy” bug. He has approached theBihar government asking them to grant him a plot of land to set up anacademy for deserving youngsters in Patna.Bihar strongman and current Cricket Association President Laloo PrasadYadav seems to have taken a favourable view of Karim’s request. "Heis keen that I do something for Bihar. He reacted very positively tomy request," Karim, who was born and brought up in Patna, told PTI inKolkata on Wednesday."Once my request for land comes through, I’ll chalk out a detailedplan for the Academy," he said. “‘I believe there is a good number ofpotential cricketers in these states (Bihar and Jharkand), but theyare not being harnessed properly due to the absence of a goodacademy.”Meanwhile, Karim would be conducting a ten-day clinic for younghopefuls in Patna between October 17 and October 27. He will beassisted by former India medium-pacer Subroto Banerjee and left-armspinner Avinash Kumar.