da aviator aposta： The Indian Government on Monday reiterated its stand that bilateralcricket series with Pakistan could not be allowed under ‘presentcircumstances’ but the Indian team was free to play against thatcountry in multilateral tournaments
Staff and Agencies31-Jul-2001* Indo-Pak bilateral ties not feasible at present: GovernmentThe Indian Government on Monday reiterated its stand that bilateralcricket series with Pakistan could not be allowed under ‘presentcircumstances’ but the Indian team was free to play against thatcountry in multilateral tournaments.”After taking all the relevant factors into consideration, theGovernment has come to the view that circumstances prevailing atpresent are not fully conducive for Indian cricket team to playbilateral matches against Pakistan,” Minister of State of Sports PonRadhakrishnan said in a written reply in Lok Sabha. “There is,however, generally no objection to playing against Pakistan inmultilateral matches at regular venues,” he said.To a related question, the minister said there was no proposal fororganising hockey matches between the two countries. “The Governmentwill take a decision on receipt of the proposal in this regard,” hesaid.* Dalmiya re-elected CAB presidentJagmohan Dalmiya was on Monday re-elected president of the CricketAssociation of Bengal for another term at its annual general meetingin Kolkata. Dalmiya was elected to the post unopposed while electionswere held for the posts of vice-presidents and joint secretaries.Several issues, including the CAB’s decision to rope in the servicesof an outstation coach for the Bengal team, came up for discussionduring the meeting which was attended by representatives of most ofthe affiliated units. Besides the routine discussions, the jointsecretaries reports and the audited accounts were passed by the house.* Bablu Kolay creates history of sortsBablu Kolay created history of sorts after being elected as one of thejoint secretaries of the Cricket Association of Bengal at the annualgeneral meeting of the association on Monday. His father NC Kolay, whowas known as Notu Kolay, was the secretary of the CAB a long time ago.This is the first instance in the history of the CAB that a son hasfollowed in his father’s footsteps. Sudhir Chakrabarty was the otherperson who was elected along with Kolay as the joint secretary. Kolayacquired 95 votes while Chakrabarty got 66 votes. Samar Pal lost theelection for the fourth consecutive time. He received 49 votes. BothKolay and Chakrabarty were former treasurers of the CAB.Dipal Chowdhury (92 votes), Debabrata Bhattacharya (90), AmbicaBanerjee (84) and Amulya Ratan Saha (82) were elected as vicepresidents. Barid Baran Sarkar lost, polling only 49 votes.Pranab Roy of Mohunlal Club become the second International cricketerto be included in the CAB working committee after Arun Lal whorepresented Calcutta Cricket & Football Club in the CAB workingcommittee.