No Arjuna Award for ICC World Cup team India

In spite of ICC World Cup win by the team India in 2011, there is no nomination of any cricketer for the Arjuna award this season. Now, the ministry clarifies that this happened due to lack of communication between BCCI and sports ministry.

As per sources, BCCI has not suggested any name cricketer for the award this season to the sports ministry, and now the last date for the nomination is over.

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India-Pakistan ICC World Cup semifinal fixed: Sunday Times

India Pakistan Match Fixed 289x300 India Pakistan ICC World Cup semifinal fixed: Sunday TimesAs per the latest reports, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that it will toughly look into the allegations that Indian bookmakers are fixing the results of English county matches as well as international ODIs.

The decision was taken after the fresh report released by Britain’s Sunday Times surfaced match fixing cases.

The Sunday Times posted in an articles saying “English cricket in bung scandal.” The newspaper also said that it had strong proofs that bookies offer huge amount of money to player to throw part or all of international matches, it also said that last year’s ICC World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan was fixed.

The newspaper reveals that one of Delhi based bookmaker said that English county cricket was a good new market, he said, “It involved low-profile matches with scant monitoring. That’s why good money can be made there without any hassle.”

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