The big story

The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Saturday, continued to oppose some of the reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee, deciding, in its special general meeting on Saturday, to tell the apex court that some of the suggestions were "practically not implementable".

"We maintain that there are certain clauses that are practically not implementable. Our legal counsel Kapil Sibal will continue with argument on Monday," a senior Board official was quoted as saying.

Other top stories

  1. India and New Zealand face off in the opening encounter of the five-match One-Day International series at Dharamsala. Despite cruising to a 3-0 win the Test series, a lightweight Indian side under MS Dhoni are expected to have their task cut out against the World Cup finalists.
  2. West Indies fought back on Day 3 of the 1st Test against Pakistan in Dubai but still have a mountain to climb, trailing  Misbah-ul-Haq's side by 264 runs. Darren Bravo played a gutsy 87 before Wahab Riaz's twin strikes in the final sessions reduced Pakistan to 315/6.
  3. In the Ranji Trophy, Yuvraj Singh once again came good for Punjab, scoring 76 of his team's 175 runs to set Madhya Pradesh a target of 307 at Lahli. MP were 26/1 at the close of play. Pacer Ishwar Pandey, who scalped an eight-wicket haul in the first innings, took his match tally to 11/127.
  4. The International Cricket Council will yet again make a case to the BCCI about the implementation of the Decision Review System after several failed attempts in the past. India are the only side to not subscribe to the system despite being the first to experiment with it, back in 2008. ICC general manager Geoff Allardice will be travelling to India next week to convince Anurag Thakur and the rest of the BCCI establishment.