Tendulkar played with ICL rebel Mongia for Lashings
Press Trust of India
25 July 2008 (Mumbai)
Raising a piquant situation for BCCI, it has come to light that master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has played alongside 'rebel' player Dinesh Mongia for Lashings World XI in two matches in England last month.
Tendulkar and Mongia had opened the innings for Lashings' XI against St Bede's School Headmasters XI at the school ground in Essex on June 27. While Tendulkar sizzled with an 84-ball knock of 98, Mongia hit 72 off 41 balls, according to the club website.
Tendulkar had batted at number two and the left-handed India discard Mongia at number three on June 24 for the same side, making 32 and 66 respectively against Eastbourne College XI at the latter's ground.
Mongia has aligned with the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Interestingly, Mumbai left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni was also part of the Lashings' squad which also contained New Zealand's ICL rebel Chris Harris.
The Cricket Board has stopped Piyush Chawla and VVS Laxman from signing up to play for English counties due to the presence of ICL rebels in their ranks.
The BCCI has maintained right through that it would have no truck with ICL and also banned players who have taken part in the Essel Group-bankrolled rival league that took off much before the Board's own and highly successful Indian Premier League.
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If the BCCI were fair Tendulkar should suffer the same punishment. But what''s so bad about the ICL? Why criminalize the likes of the great Kapil Dev who was part of the league organization? The BCCI is loaded with politicians and businessmen and very few sportsman. Their outlook is therefore very unsportmanlike. They are more likely to be vindictive, biased and punitive in theri decision making. We will see them being just that!
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Intresting to see BCCI action against master blaster.
They force piyush and vvs from playing county but can they do any thing against sachin.
BCCI show your power now if you can?
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Tendulkar should be immediately ban from all form of crickets like any other cricketer and should not be have different yard stick as we indians are giving to him enough is enough
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