Mahendra Rajdev

The Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) has mourned the death of Saurashtra's noted coach Akabarkhan Babi. "Everyone at the SCA is saddened on the sad demise of Akabarkhan Babi, popularly known as AU Babi and 'Babi Saheb.' He left for heavenly abode yesterday," said an SCA release on Thursday.

The war of words over the pitch used for the Ranji Trophy final in Rajkot missed the wood for the trees. Bengal coach Arun Lal raised his voice at the end of Day 1, terming the pitch at SCA Stadium 'poor', not befitting a Ranji Trophy final. Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) officials retaliated the day after, issuing a statement quoting the association's head curator Mahendra Rajdev who refused the charge.

Renowned coach Akabarkhan Babi, popularly known as 'Babi Saheb', has died, the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) informed on Thursday.

Arun Lal's "very poor pitch" comment on the opening day drew a sharp rebuttal from Saurashtra Cricket Association on Wednesday when its curator Mahendra Rajdev said the Bengal coach erred in his judgement by jumping the gun in the Ranji Trophy final here.

In a stinging letter to the Committee of Administrators (CoA), former India seamer Karsan Ghavri, who heads the Saurashtra cricket players association, has alleged that the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) is openly flouting the Supreme Court order on adopting Lodha reforms.

Next time Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) hosts an international cricket match, it won't have to invite pitch curator from outside. The city has got its first Board of Control for Cricket in India (Brecognized pitch curator for preparing wickets for international and important first class games.

The Cricket Board's technical committee will meet on Friday to discuss the proposal of playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-day matches in divisions.

BCCI announced that one of the test match of five test match series will be played at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.

If there's a Test match in India, the pitch, or the curator often tend to be in the news for the wrong reasons. No surprise, then, that the build-up to the first Test between India and the West Indies here has been hit by controversy over curators.