Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar
Sharad Govindrao Pawaris an Indian politician who serves as the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three separate occasions and held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. Pawar hails from the town of Baramati in the Pune district of Maharashtra. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha where...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 December 1940
CountryIndia
It looks like that he is definitely a proper person who should be included (in the team). What was appearing in the papers was that he was not cooperating and his relationship with his colleagues was not good. I myself went to his senior colleagues and there is not a single complaint against him. And whatever reports appeared in the media is unfair on any player and especially for the person who has got victories for India.
The two matches will be played on April 18 and 19 with the 75% of earnings from the first match going to the relief funds of the earthquake in Pakistan and India.
We want to close this chapter here and we do not want to take the issue any further.
We share Pakistan's stance on this. India also does not support a Twenty20 world tournament.
The decision to drop him was taken by the selectors and they made the decision keeping the best interests of the team in mind.
Some progress has been made but much more needs to be done.
Our claim is a rightful one. The South Asian region has four of the 10 Test-playing nations and a large part of the money earned from cricket comes from here, so there is good reason that every third World Cup be held here. Our proposal is not about India alone. To see matches being held in more countries would mean more crowd participation.
It is not easy to ignore a bid when India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh decide to come together.
If the contract does not prohibit him from going to court, he is free to do so. Otherwise he cannot.
He is such a good player. I have never said he should retire.
There is a full-fledged selection committee which is competent enough to pick the team.
I'm confident our players would earn and create goodwill.
The four Test nations from Asia have reached an understanding and a written bid will be made in the next few days.
The funds from the first game will be distributed among the quake victims with 75 percent going to those affected in Pakistan.