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BCCI bans Services team from playing in Ranji Trophy | The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
on Tuesday banned the Services team for pulling out of their Ranji Trophy game against Jammu and Kashmir at the Sher-E-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar, citing security
reasons. "The Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) cricket team was scheduled
to play a Ranji Trophy game against Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA)
at Srinagar from November 3 to November 6 2009. However, the SSCB forfeited the
match, having expressed its inability to send its cricket team to Srinagar," BCCI
secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement. "The SSCB has therefore been disqualified
from participating in the 2009-10 edition of the Ranji Trophy, in accordance with
the rules of the BCCI pertaining to Domestic Tournaments," the statement added.
The statement also said that a decision on any further action against the SSCB
will be taken by the BCCI's Working Committee. Jammu and Kashmir, which has been
affected by militant activities in the region for the past two decades, has not
hosted a Ranji match since 2004. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association
chief Farooq Abdullah, said that the Services team's decision projects a bad image
of India and he would take up the matter with the Prime Minister. "Services have
negated what the Prime Minister, the Defence Minister and the Home Minister have
said, that Kashmir is normal. We have also had ambassadors coming here. This shows
that some vested interests don't want Kashmir to normalize," Abdullah said. "I
will take this up with the Union Government. We were all waiting for the Services.
We were here to welcome them. It looks very bad that of all teams, Services decided
not to come. It shows a very bad image of India," he added. Due to refusal of
Services to play the match, the empires of the match has given the match to the
Jammu and Kashmir team. |
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