Ishant under BCCI scanner for endorsing gully cricket

[TaNk]

It was in the cramped bylanes of Ranjit Nagar that Ishant Sharma took his early lessons in bowling. He still fondly remembers his daily evening matches and cherishes all those wickets he took on tar surfaces. "I loved playing gully cricket. Everybody begins like that," says the pacer as he happily promotes T10 gully cricket, an innovational, eight-city tournament. But instead of praise, Ishant has earned the board's ire. The BCCI is unhappy over the paceman's association with a ten-over-a-side event as brand ambassador and is likely reprimand the pacer, or issue a show cause notice. Ishant is BCCI's contracted player and as per stipulations, requires permission before signing up with any cricketing venture. According to a board official, "the 10-over-a-side cricket tournament is unauthorised and thereby no cricketer contracted with the board can be associated with it." The organisers - Reasonable Communications Private Limited - however, reiterated at the launch that they did not require any BCCI approval as the regulations bar any first-class cricketer from playing in the tournament. When contacted, BCCI chief administrative officer, Ratnakar Shetty, refused to comment on any action that the board might take on Ishant. "As of now, nothing of that sort has come to my knowledge, and I am not aware of any such format being introduced. It's too early for me say anything on this issue and comment on Ishant being associated with it," he told The Indian Express. Meanwhile, Rajput, who has been appointed as tournament director, will search across Surat, Pune, Ludhiana, Thane, Lucknow, Jalandhar, Kanpur and Nashik to prepare city teams for players within the age group of 15-24 years for a tournament worth Rs 25 lakh in prize money. Rajput said the tournament would be a great platform for new talent. "There are a lot of cricketers in the gullies who don't get a platform. I think this will give them an opportunity. Cricket has shifted from metros to small towns. If we can promote the game there, India will be the number one team," he added.

[Desi Cartman]

is it a joke ? now they wanna punish people for playing Gali cricket .. what next , people will get notices issued if they play cricket on their computers and playstations l

[h4te]

what the hell is wrong with the BCCI?

[Cricketics]

One bunch of bcci went, and here the new bunch is at it again. no difference. India mein sankhi logo ki sahi mein kami nahi hai..

[Lord]

is it a joke ? now they wanna punish people for playing Gali cricket .. what next ' date=' people will get notices issued if they play cricket on their computers and playstations l[/quote'] ishant is not any people.he is contracted player with BCCI.therefore he is required to seek permission b4 joining a tournament that bcci doesnt recognise.its same as ICL.wats wrong with it?

[TaNk]

One bunch of bcci went, and here the new bunch is at it again. no difference. India mein sankhi logo ki sahi mein kami nahi hai..

lol

[punjabi_khota]

Abbe parody article hai na yeh ?

[Show_stopper]

Well i partially agree with the BCCI on this occassion. Gully cricket tourney?? that could do more harm than good to budding cricketers.

[DomainK]

Cant believe so many of you are taking it seriously. :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

[Lord]

Cant believe so many of you are taking it seriously. :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:

YEAH BCOZ IT IS SERIOUS!i saw it in the newspapers today too.wats so funny bout it?

[Tapioca]

ishant is not any people.he is contracted player with BCCI.therefore he is required to seek permission b4 joining a tournament that bcci doesnt recognise.its same as ICL.wats wrong with it?

Agree. Once you have signed below the line you owe everything to BCCI. Tendulkar was lucky last year to escape with only a warning from BCCI for playing indoor cricket with his son Arjun without getting their permission. If it was someone else, they would have got banned.

[Lord]

Agree. Once you have signed below the line you owe everything to BCCI. Tendulkar was lucky last year to escape with only a warning from BCCI for playing indoor cricket with his son Arjun without getting their permission. If it was someone else' date=' they would have got banned.[/quote'] oh c,mon man,why dont u understand?ishant is involved commercially in a tourney that BCCI dont recognise.he cant violate a contract which clearly states that u cant get commercially involved in a unauthorised tournament. no body is banning ishant,but a showcause notice is fine

[fineleg]

Cant believe so many of you are taking it seriously. :hysterical:

Domaink, why are u laughing? This is true news, and in the newspapers like someone else said. BCCI contract prohibits this, and they have right to issue show cause notice.

[Show_stopper]

Domaink, why are u laughing? This is true news, and in the newspapers like someone else said. BCCI contract prohibits this, and they have right to issue show cause notice.

So what do you think they are gonna do? Ban the biggest pace hope in decades..for his first offence? Trust me the BCCI is good at turning a blind eye towards things when it is convinient. Atmost they might opt to "fine" him.

[Mr. Wicket]

Agree. Once you have signed below the line you owe everything to BCCI. Tendulkar was lucky last year to escape with only a warning from BCCI for playing indoor cricket with his son Arjun without getting their permission. If it was someone else' date=' they would have got banned.[/quote'] Those worshipperz give him so much preferential treatment. Why can't they stop treating him like a GOD and just ban him like they would anyone else?

[SachDan]

Those worshipperz give him so much preferential treatment. Why can't they stop treating him like a GOD and just ban him like they would anyone else?

Sarcastic :hatsoff: