BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah reassured that top security would be provided during the India-Pakistan series.
The pacer argued with match referee B Raghunath after he was not allowed to have a look at the wicket before the start of the Challenger Trophy match.
The once dynamic batsman, playing for India Blue against India Red, fell for 9 after struggling to survive at the crease for 31 minutes.
However, most of the fringe players taking part are aware that they do not stand a fair chance of getting selected in the Indian side for the Pakistan ODIs even if they perform.
'Age really does not matter so long as you are fit and in form and scoring runs consistently,' says former India opener Akash Chopra.
'I would certainly have liked to do more with the bat. But my primary role in the team is that of a bowler,' says Ajit Agarkar.
Young Uttar Pradesh batsman Suresh Raina is optimistic about staging a successful comeback to the Indian team.
"The cops and other security personnel on duty in the stands have vouched that the people were actually chanting the hymns of Lord Ganesha in Gujarati and Hindi," said Vadodra Police Commissioner C.P. Thakur.
India's Test opener Wasim Jaffer says, if given the opportunity, he would certainly like to prove his worth in the shorter version of the game as well.
Come September 2008, Nagpur-based advocate Shashank Manohar will take over as head of the BCCI. He was unanimously elected the first ever president-elect by the BCCI at its 79th annual general meeting late last month.
Yusuf Pathan, a hard-hitting batsman, useful off-spinner and brilliant fielder, made it to the Indian Twenty20 team more on the strength of his aggressive approach to the game.
India's cricketing legends Gundappa Viswanath, Erapalli Prasanna and Balwinder Singh Sandhu share their views on Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team's triumph in South Africa.
'Considering our form, enthusiasm and the manner in which we've defeated strong teams like South Africa and Australia on our way to the final, there is no reason why we shouldn't beat Pakistan in the final,' said the ace leg spinner.
There is more than meets the eye in Rahul Dravid's decision to step down as Team India captain.
BCCI president Sharad Pawar said Dravid told him that he wants to concentrates totally on his batting.
Roger Binny, the former Karnataka and India cricketer talks about India's lack of genuine allrounders, India's poor fielding, India's chances in the Twenty20 World Cup.
"An opportunity to play with some of the best players in the world" is what has made Ambati Rayudu join the Indian Cricket League.
Rather than calling Kumble a tail-ender, it would be more appropriate to hail him a bowling all-rounder, one who is talented enough to frustrate the best of bowlers when armed with the willow.
We take you down memory lane and find out how our players have fared in the heavyweight division of cricket in Old Blighty.
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