Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian cricket team was appointed as the vice-president of India Cements on 1st February 2013. India Cements is headed by BCCI President N Srinivasan.
It is important to note that Dhoni resigned from Air India team recently and now is expected to play for India Cements in the BCCI Corporate Trophy which started on 1st February
2013. India Cements owns IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, the captaincy of which lies in the hands of Dhoni since 2008. The Managing Director-cum-vice-chairman of India Cements is Srinivasan.
Including MS Dhoni’s name in the India Cements team for Corporate Trophy starting from 1st
February 2013 to 8th February 2013 was actually a surprise, especially because the captain had
declared to take rest for some time. Earlier, Dhoni played in the Corporate Trophy for the team of Air India, but later he resigned. The Corporate Trophy will be taking place in four main cities- Nagpur, Raipur, Indore and Pune.
GLENN MCGRATH JOINED AUSTRALIAN CRICKET HALL OF FAME
Glenn McGrath and Charlie Turner, the renowned fast bowlers were unanimously chosen to be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame on 3 February 2013. Hall of fame chairman David Crow declared that these two pace bowlers were inducted officially at Allan Border Medal ceremonies on 4 February 2013.
McGrath has a test career spanning 14 years over 124 matches. The highest tally of McGrath is
563 wickets at 21.64. This is the fourth highest tally of all times. McGrath was also the winner of
Allan Border Medal in 2000. He was inducted in ICC Hall of Fame in December 2012.
Charlie Turner, on the other hand, took 6-15 on test debut at Sydney in 1887. He died in 1944. Turner took 101 wickets at 16.53 in 17 test matches between the time period of 1887 and 1895.
OTHER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
The other Hall of Fame inductees include Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Bill O'Reilly, Bill Ponsford, Bob Simpson, Warwick Armstrong, Richie Benaud, Lindsay Hassett, Ian Healy, Hugh Trumble, Victor Trumper, Bill Woodfull, Rod Marsh, Stan McCabe, Allan Border, Sir Donald Bradman, John Blackham, Charles Macartney, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Doug Walters, Glenn McGrath,Graham McKenzie, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Neil Harvey, Clem Hill, Ray Lindwall, Fred Spofforth, Mark Taylor, Alan Davidson, George Giffen, Dennis Lillee, Clarrie Grimmett, Monty Noble and Bill Lawry.
CCI SLAPPED A PENALTY OF 52.24 CRORE ON BCCI
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 8 February 2013 was slapped a penalty of 52.24 crore rupees by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for being indulged in anti- competitive practices. The CCI ordered BCCI to deposit the penalty within 90 days from the date of issue of orders.
The CCI in its verdict claimed that BCCI abused its dominant position and directed it to cease its all practices of denying market access to the potential competitors. The regulator also stated that the stance of BCCI was of serious concern and quantum of penalty which should be levied that is proportional to the seriousness of violation.
A complaint was filed by Surinder Singh Barmi in November 2010 against BCCI and his allegations were based on issues related to a Professional League Tournament and Indian Premier League (IPL) conducted by the BCCI. The issues were related to irregularities in granting the rights of franchise of the team ownership and award of sponsorship rights as well as media
rights of the league. This complaint against BCCI was sent to the CCI’s Director General in
December 2010 for hearing.
The CCI in its statement noted that BCCI have a huge economic power helped it in keeping away other competitors from the market by using its position as a de facto regulatory body, as a result of it many players which would have opted for other competitions were not successful in doing so. The BCCI had a strategy of monopoly over the market as a result of which it didn’t allow any other competitor to emerge in the market.
The Director General finally concluded that BCCI was a non-profit making organization and was registered as a society, but the activities performed by it like IPL earned it huge revenues and profits from the market via activities like grant of media rights, franchise rights, sponsorship rights and many more.
RANCHI RHINOS WON INAUGURAL HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE
Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Waveriders 2-1 to win the inaugural Hockey India League (HIL) in the match at Astroturf Hockey Stadium on 10 February 2013. Apart from winning the trophy, Ranchi Rhinos took away 2.5 crore Rupees. Runners-up Delhi Waveriders on the other hand, pocketed 1.25 crore Rupees.
Uttar Pradesh Wizards that completed in the third place took away 75 lakh Rupees. Uttar Pradesh Wizards defeated Punjab Warriors 4-3 to claim third position. Mumbai Magicians player Sandeep Singh hit maximum goals (11) in the tournament.
THE AWARDS GIVEN AWAY IN THE HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE (HIL)
• Hero Goal of the Day: Manpreet Singh
• Man-ofthe-Match: Mauritz Furtse
• Winners (Prize Money Rs. 25000000): Ranchi Rhinos
• Runners-Up (Prize Money: Rs. 12500000): Delhi Waveriders
• Third Place (Prize Money: Rs. 7500000): Uttar Pradesh Wizards
• Fair-Play Award: Ranchi Rhinos
• Hero Player of the Tournament (Rs. 2500000): Sardar Singh
• Ponty Chadha Trophy for Upcoming Player of the Tournament (Rs. 2000000): Mandeep
Singh
• Airtel Award for Most Goals in the Tournament (Rs. 1000000): Delhi Waveriders
ABOUT HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE (HIL)
• Hockey India League (HIL) was played from 14 January 2013 to 10 February 2013 in which 5 teams Delhi Waveriders, Jaypee Punjab Riders, Sahara India Uttar Pradesh
Wizards, Dabur Mumbai Magicians and Patel-Union Ranchi Rhinos participated.
• The tournament was played at 5 places- Delhi, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Mumbai and Ranchi.
• Renowned hockey players of the world participated in the Hockey India League (HIL). 34 matches in all were played during the tournament.
A. MATHEWS APPOINTED CAPTAIN OF THE SRI LANKAN CRICKET TEAM
Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lankan all-rounder cricketer was appointed the Captain of the test and one-day cricket team of Sri Lanka on 14 February 2013 for a period of one year. Mathews replaced Mahela Jayawardene, who announced to quit captaincy after Sri Lanka’s tour of
Australia.
Dinesh Chandimal, the wicket-keeper batsman was appointed as the vice-captain in the test and one-day format of the game and will lead the country as a captain in the T20 format of the game. Lasith Malinga was appointed as the vice-captain for the T20 team.
ANGELO MATHEWS
• Angelo Mathews is a Sri Lankan all-rounder cricketer, who made his debut in the international cricket in a One Day International match against Zimbabwe in November
2008.
• In 31 test matches Mathews have scored 1668 runs since making his debut in 2009 and recorded his first and only test century against Australia
S. WILLIAMS BECAME WORLD NUMBER ONE WOMEN’S TENNIS PLAYER
Serena Williams became the new World number one women’s tennis player. Serena Williams
who is aged 31 years thrashed Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and reached
Semifinals of Qatar Open Tennis Championship in Doha. On entering the semi-finals, she achieved the top position after a period of two and a half years. Serena Williams will compete against Maria Sharapova in the Semifinals on 16 February 2013. Maria Sharapova reached semi- finals after defeating Samantha Stosur 6-2, 6-4.
Serena Williams (31 years, 4 months, 24 days) is now the oldest woman tennis player to hold number 1 ranking. She broke the record of Chris Evert (30 years, 11 months, 3 days) of USA.
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