Former Royals coowner Kundra moves SC to revoke life ban

KOLKATA: Banned for life from cricket activities, former Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra today said he has filed a petition at the Supreme Court after Delhi Police gave him a clean chit in the Indian Premier League betting scandal. Kundra had filed an application under Right To Information at the Delhi Police who in their reply said there’s “no evidence” of betting charges against him.

“We have filed an application under RTI to Delhi police seeking whether there’s any evidence against me on the alleged betting,” Kundra told reporters on the sidelines of an Indian Chambers of Commerce programme. “The answer we got against the RTI is that they have no evidence against me, and I have nothing to do with betting.”

ZIMBABWE SACK CREMER, COACH STREAK

HARARE: Zimbabwe Cricket has sacked captain Graeme Cremer and the entire coaching staff after their unsuccessful World Cup qualifier campaign, claimed an espncricinfo.com report.

Zimbabwe, hosts of the qualification competition which ended last week, failed to secure two of the slots, which were taken by West Indies and Afghanistan. Zimbabwe will not be playing in the World Cup for the first time since 1983.

Streak had been earlier sent a letter from Zimbabwe Cricket managing director Faisal Haisnan, who said he must resign together with his entire staff, including batting coach Lance Klusener. Local media reports also say that Brendon Taylor could be the next captain.

JKCA APPOINTS IRFAN COACH-CUM-MENTOR

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) today appointed former India allrounder Irfan Pathan as the coach-cum-mentor of its senior state side for the 2018-19 season. “He will be the coach-cum-mentor of our team for a period of one year,” JKCA CEO Aashiq Bukhari said.