da dobrowin： The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths, who have been askedto trace alleged bookie Mukesh Kumar Gupta by the ICC anti-corruptioncommissioner Sir Paul Condon, will visit the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) office in Mumbai on
Staff and Agencies21-Jun-2001* CBI sleuths to visit BCCI office on June 25The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths, who have been askedto trace alleged bookie Mukesh Kumar Gupta by the ICC anti-corruptioncommissioner Sir Paul Condon, will visit the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) office in Mumbai on June 25.BCCI executive secretary, Sharad Diwadkar, told PTI in Mumbai onWednesday that the CBI officials would visit the BCCI office on Mondaybut “I don’t know the reason behind their visit.”When queried whether any of the ICC investigators would accompany theCBI sleuths, Diwadkar said he had not received any informationregarding ICC investigators’ visit and added that “we would get aclear picture only on Monday.”According to a CBI spokesman in Mumbai, the main purpose of the visitis to try and get as much information as possible which could helptrace Gupta who has gone into hiding after he met the ICCinvestigators twice, the last time in March.* Rohan Gavaskar is Bengal Cricketer of the YearRohan Gavaskar has been chosen as the `Cricketer of the Year’ for the2000-01 season by the Cricket Association of Bengal. This is thesecond time that Rohan has received this award. He had been given theaward for the 1997-98 season. The selection committee comprising ofAshok Malhotra, Pranab Roy, Barun Burman and Subrata Porel selectedRohan after a short discussion. The name of Utpal Chatterjee also cameup for discussion. However, the selectors decided to choose Rohankeeping in mind the future. Rohan will be honoured at the annual awardfunction to be held later this month.The CAB has also instituted a new award in memory of former Indianopening batsman Pankaj Roy who passed away earlier this year. Theaward will be for the `Gentleman Cricketer of the Year.’ The award hasgone to wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta keeping in view his recentperformance and his being selected for the conditioning camp for theIndian cricket team. Dasgupta at present is with the National CricketAcademy in Bangalore.Aniruddha Banerjee (Ranji), Shyamal Ghosh (grade 1) and PremjitChatterjee (grade 3) were adjudged the best umpires for the year.* Former Ranji player Palwankar passes awayFormer Bombay batsman Yeshwant Baloo Palwankar died on Tuesday in Puneafter a brief illness. He was 75 and is survived by a wife and a son.Palwankar appeared in 11 Ranji Trophy matches as a left-handed middleorder batsman from 1944-45 to 1954-55, scoring 319 runs (avg. 26.58)with three fifties. His highest score came in his second Ranji match,when he made 78 against Baroda in January 1945. A month earlier, hescored an unbeaten 66 on his debut against Western India at theBrabourne Stadium. He was also a decent right arm pace bowler andcaptured 10 wickets (avg. 44.50).Palwankar captained the Combined Universities side against the touringWest Indians in 1948. He also played for various clubs in theLancashire League and captained Lancaster. His father, P Baloo, wasconsidered one of the top cricketers of his time during the 1920s andhad toured England in 1911 with the All-India team.* ESPN-Star Sports to telecast Tri-series LiveESPN-Star Sports will telecast live all the seven matches of thetriangular one-day tournament featuring India, hosts Zimbabwe and WestIndies in Zimbabwe.While the first match of the tournament on June 23, which pitsZimbabwe against West Indies, will be telecast on Star Sports, all theother matches will be telecast on ESPN channel. The final is slatedfor July 7.The telecast will begin at 12 noon IST and continue till the end ofplay.