& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

All set for TVS Cup

SPORTS REPORTER
With the world gripped by a sense of anxiety with the happenings in Iraq, international cricket tries to slip in through the back door in Bangladesh with the TVS Cup tri-nation tournament beginning Friday.
But the competition will definitely struggle to be in the spotlight with the eyes of the media focused on the dayto-day events in Baghdad.
The ten-day tournament gets moving with the arrival of competing
teams India and South Africa today. South Africa, led by new skipper Graeme Smith, arrive at the Zia International Airport in the morning while Saurav Ganguly's new-look India are scheduled to reach the
capital in the early afternoon.
Both teams will be staying at the Sonargaon Hotel while host Bangladesh will be lodged at the Hotel Sheraton for the tournament that begins at the Bangabandhu National
Stadium from Friday with Bangladesh taking on India in the inaugural match of the two-tier robin league.
South Africa, who are scheduled to play their first match against India on April 13, will, however, play a practice match against a BCB selection at the BKSP ground in Savar on April 13.
This is for the first time Bangladesh arranging a three-nation tournament since the three-nation Meril Cup in 1999. Zimbabwe and Kenya were the other sides. All the matches in the TVS Cup including the April 20 final will be played under lights.
ESPN-Star Sports and Bangladesh Television will telecast all the matches live while Bangladesh Betar will be providing ball-by-ball commentary.
After the one-day tournament, South Africa will play two Tests against Bangladesh.
The first Test begins at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on April 24 while the second Test starts at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on May 1.
All three teams have undergone minor or major changes since last month's World Cup in South Africa.
India, the losing finalists, will be missing five of their regular players who are either resting or nursing injuries.
Among the notable absentees include master batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Vice-captain Rahul Dravid, pacemen Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra and leg-spinner Anil Kumble are the other senior members who will be missing the Dhaka tournament.
Coach John Wright, who recently lost his father, will also not be accompanying the team.
Former Test cricketer Ashok Malhotra has been appointed to fill his shoes until the New Zealander returns.
The South Africans are coming here without injured ace all-rounder Jacques Kallis. Besides, the South Africa board removed Shaun Pollock from the captaincy after the World Cup.
Bangladesh also have named a new captain in Khaled Mahmud. Besides, the selectors have also dropped three top-order batsmen Al-Shahriar, Hannan Sarkar and Ehsanul Haque from the squad.
Coach Mohsin Kamal has also been sacked and the Bangladesh Cricket Board has appointed Sarwar Imran as a makeshift coach.
Meanwhile, the gate, security, law and order committee for the tournament reviewed the security measures for the event.
Faiazur Rahman, the member secretary of the committee, said yesterday that they are planning to deploy mobile vigilance teams to prevent any untoward incidents happening during matches.