One Anil Kumar Mallick was detained by police for throwing tomatoes at Nabin Odisha and 5T chairman V K Pandian when he was addressing a public meeting at Belaguntha in Ganjam district’s Sorada assembly constituency on Thursday.
Interview: Shikha Pandey on England tour, playing Tests, dealing with disappointment of SA omission
The 32-year-old pacer was omitted from the squad taking on South Africa but was recalled for the multi-format tour of England in June. PETER PARKS / AFP
Shikha Pandey is the the most experienced pacer in the Indian team after Jhulan Goswami and has formed the backbone of the pace attack with the veteran in her seven-year career so far.
Yet, the 32-year-old was omitted from the squad taking on South Africa earlier this year, purportedly to give other players a chance and it became one of the biggest talking points ahead of the Indian team’s first international series in a year. The inconsistent bowling attack, among other factors, was one of the reasons India went down in both the ODI and T20I series in March.
Former India batsman Surinder Amarnath has applied for the post of national junior cricket selector, and is banking on his Morocco experience as a coach and selector in early 2000s to get the job.He applied for the post last month, six days .