Sri Lanka's coach criticised the pitch after the West Indies bowled out the hosts for 150 on the first day of the second Test.
Notwithstanding Rajasthan Royals making a match out of the 202-run chase, Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody said that his team had things under their control through the course of the Indian Premier League match at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai, on Thursday.
BCCI sources said while skipper Sourav Ganguly favours Chappell, vice-captain Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble prefer Moody for the India coach's job.
Talks are underway with the Australian to take over the job held by John Dyson, whose term ended last month.
The agency said, 'The downgrade reflects Moody's expectation that China's financial strength will erode somewhat over the coming years, with economy-wide debt continuing to rise as potential growth slows.'
Credit rating agency Moody's on Monday appointed Chetan Modi as the head of its India operations.
'For him (Jasprit Bumrah) and Mumbai to be starved of that opportunity to try and stem the flow of this onslaught is crazy. It doesn't seem right.'
"The downgrade would mean they would have no buyers for their debt papers. It would also impact borrowing from overseas banks," said a Mumbai-based analyst.
Global rating agency Moody's Investor Services in its latest report said the strong fundamentals, combined with upturn in savings and investment as well as rising rate of potential growth, supports the Indian government's foreign currency sovereign medium investment grade (Baa3) bond rating and local currency speculative grade (Ba2) bond rating.
Western Australia coach Tom Moody said on Thursday he had rejected an offer to apply for the job of England head coach.
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Moody's downgraded local currency bank deposit ratings.
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the long-term foreign currency bond ratings of ICICI Bank to Baa3 from Ba1.\n\n
Operating sales in Mumbai and London were weaker by 20 per cent and 50 per cent, respectively.
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A higher subsidy burden and lower growth will weaken the country's fiscal metrics, analyst Atsi Sheth said in the presentation.
Moody's listed six agenda on the list of pending reforms -- land acquisition Bill, labour law reforms, significant infrastructure investment, tangible benefit from Make in India initiative, tax administration and PSU bank reforms
Former India coach Greg Chappell, ex-Australia coach John Buchanan and Victoria's Greg Shipperd are the other Australian coaches targeted by IPL teams.
The ratings agency currently rates India at Baa3
The economy is projected to clock 7.4 per cent growth.
Govt to strongly pitch for better rating, to argue India has successfully weathered its problems and govt capacity on growth remains high.
Awestruck by Mahendra Singh Dhoni's swashbuckling knock against Sunrisers Hyderabad, former Australia all-rounder and Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says India is 'very lucky' to have the 31-year-old 'special' cricketer as captain.
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Moody's became the first rating agency to retain the sovereign rating of Baa3 for the country after the rupee dived below 63 to the dollar, on Monday.
Following the insertion of Corus Group on Tata Group's balance sheet, global credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded Tata Steel Ltd's corporate family rating from investment to speculative.
Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian on Thursday said upgrading of India's outlook to positive by Moody's validates the government's reform thrust.
The outlook for India's rating would improve if fiscal, inflation and infrastructure metrics get better, a global report said.
Government has been able to push through economic reforms, especially allowing foreign investment in multi-brand retail.
Moody's expects the new government to increase the retail selling prices of controlled fuel products -- kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas -- to help control its subsidy burden.
Former Team Director Ravi Shastri will be the front-runner for the Head Coach's job of the Indian men's cricket team when the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) meets in Mumbai on Monday to scrutinize candidates for the high-profile vacancy.
RBI is likely to keep interest rates stable in the near term, revealed Moody's. It may also ease its monetary policy stance later in the year.
The Reserve Bank's tight monetary policy is likely to moderate the growth rate of Indian economy in the second half of the current calendar year, the economic analysis arm of international rating agency Moody's has said.
For the week, the Sensex climbed 28.24 points, or 0.08 per cent, while the Nifty shed 38.15 points, or 0.36 per cent.
The report further pointed out that the current rupee volatility will be 'less damaging than in 1991, when low reserves and a widening current account deficit prompted India's last balance of payment crisis'.
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India plans to keep its fiscal deficit within 3.9% of GDP.
Moody's on Monday upgraded India's local currency sovereign rating by a notch on the country's efforts toward fiscal reforms and the economy's capacity to face a crisis, a move that that will result in greater capital inflows and appreciation of rupee value.
'We forecast real GDP growth to moderate to 6.7 per cent in the year ending March 2018.' 'However, as disruption fades, we expect to see a rebound in real GDP growth to 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal year.'
Rating agency Moody's has described Budget 2007-08 as "largely unremarkable", as it disappointed businesses and the market's hope for meaningful economic reforms.
On Tuesday, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram told reporters that economic growth this financial year would be over five per cent and the numbers in the second quarter would be better than the first quarter which yielded gross domestic product expansion of 4.4 per cent, a four-year low.
Moody's has revised to positive the outlook on the long- term ratings of private sector lenders
"The stronger-than-expected start of the fiscal year has prompted . . . to revise India's annual growth forecast from 6.2 per cent to 6.4 per cent," Moody's economy.com, a research arm of Moody's, said in a release.
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