da betobet： The BCCI is yet to respond to the request of Asian Cricket Foundation(ACF) to recommend development officers for taking up coaching jobs indifferent Asian nations to promote the game in the continent
15-Jul-2001The BCCI is yet to respond to the request of Asian Cricket Foundation(ACF) to recommend development officers for taking up coaching jobs indifferent Asian nations to promote the game in the continent.The Chairman of the ACF, Jagmohan Dalmiya, told PTI in Kolkata onSunday that ACF had sought names of three candidates each fromPakistan, Sri Lanka and India with the former two already despatchingthe list.The Screening Committee, he said, would meet on August 1 to choose oneamong the three names submitted by each of these nations to depute ascoach to countries like Hong Kong, Nepal, Maldives, Singapore andQatar where cricket is still in its nascent stage.”Though Pakistan and Sri Lanka have submitted three names each, we arestill awaiting a response from the BCCI. We will send them a remindersoon and if no response comes by July 30, the ACF will announce namesfrom among the former players in its list,” said Dalmiya. Dalmiya,however, expressed the hope that the BCCI would send the names soon.While Pakistan has sent a list comprising former skippers MushtaqMohammed and Zaheer Abbas and medium pacer Iqbal Sikander, Sri Lankarecommended classic batsman Roy Dias, former pacer Rumesh Ratnayekeand wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon Kuruppu.Asked why the ACF did not send a similar despatch to Bangladesh,Dalmiya quipped Bangladesh itself needed a development officer. “But Ihope within two or three years Bangladesh can send coaches.”He also said Sri Lanka Sports Minister Lakshman Kiriella, accompaniedby former medium pacer Asantha De Mel, would visit India on July 22 todiscuss the development of the game.