Hyderabad Deccan Chargers Sack VVS Laxman, Robin. Gilchrist is new Captain

Hyderabad.  Setpember 29, 2008.

• Finishing bottom of the IPL early this year and Shahid Afridi's open statement[report here] deploring VVS Laxman's captaincy seems to have weighed Hyderabad Deccan Chargers to change their captain.
• Robin Singh also has been sacked and in his place Australian Darren Lehmannwill be the new coach.
• Laxman can count himself as unlucky too as lot part of the torunament he was injured and it was indeed Gilchrist who was leading Hyderabad team.
• With bat VVS actually had done good, it was failure of other batsmen including Gilchrist which led to Chargers rout.

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Shivlal Yadav is BCCI VP - Will this help VVS Laxman get back into ODI Squad?

Mumbai.  September 26, 2008 Hyderabad former off spinner and present Hyderabad Cricket Association(HCA)  secretary N Shivlal Yadav was elected unopposed for the BCCI vice president's post. Will this development help the raw deal to VVS over so many years starting with the world cup in South Africa during which time he was in sublime form?

Cricket: Itinery of India Tour to Pakistan : Jan - Feb' 2009

First Test	Karachi	Jan 13-17
Second Test	Rawalpindi	Jan 21-25
Third Test	Lahore	Jan 29-Feb 2
First ODI	Faisalabad	6-Feb
Second ODI	Lahore	8-Feb
Third ODI	Rawalpindi	11-Feb
Fourth ODI	Multan	14-Feb
Fifth ODI	Karachi	17-Feb
Only Twenty20 international	TBD	19-Feb

Bangladesh Cricket Hit By Rebellion - ICL Unveils Dhaka Warriors

New Delhi.  September 16, 2008.

• Just ahead of the ICL second season opener on Oct 10, ICL has managed a coup by facilitating defections from Bangladesh present and former players.
• Habibul Bashar will captain the team whereas Balwinder Singh Sandhu will be its coach.
• The team will be in similar lines to the all Pakistani team of Lahore Badshah's which has got good recognition within Pakistan.
  
• DHAKA WARRIORS TEAM:Habibul Bashar (capt),Shahriar Nafees, Alok Kapali, Aftab Ahmed, Dhiman Ghosh (wk), Farhad Reza, Manjural Islam,  Mahbubul Karim, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Sharif, Mosharraf Hossain, Golam Mabud (wk),Tapash Baisya .