da leao： The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) has finally decidedto ask Indian team’s physiotherapist Andrew Leipus to oversee thefitness tests for players named for the SA tour
Staff and Agencies13-Sep-2001* In the fitness of thingsThe Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) has finally decidedto ask Indian team’s physiotherapist Andrew Leipus to oversee thefitness tests for players named for the SA tour. This after initiallydeciding to put Sachin Tendulkar’s personal physician, Dr Anant Joshi,in charge of the tests.Dr Joshi and chairman of the selection committee Chandu Borde willboth be in attendance when the players are put through the drills.”Leipus has been sent a mail asking to be present for the fitness teston September 22 afternoon and September 23 morning at the WankhedeStadium,” BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar informedcricketnext.com on Thursday.The previous decision of the Board to let Dr Joshi run the show haddrawn a lot of flak from journalists around the country. With Leipuson board, at least all controversies will now be put to bed.* Waiting to be heardThe wheels of justice grind slowly. That is a truism in India even ifthe petitioner in question were to answer to the name of MohammadAzharuddin. The hearing of the former India captain’s petition challenging thelife ban imposed by the BCCI has now been adjourned to September 20.Second additional chief judge of the Hyderabad civil court J ShyamSunder Rao adjourned further hearings as the Andhra High Court’sinterim stay on further proceedings issued on July 18 was stillapplicable. The BCCI moved the High Court after Justice Rao refused toallow them more time to file a written statement on the match-fixingscandal.