da heads bet： Having proved his bowling credentials, Harbhajan Singh is nowconcentrating his energies on improving his batting too in order tobecome a potent all-rounder
Staff and Agencies29-Jun-2001* Harbhajan aims to be an all-rounderHaving proved his bowling credentials, Harbhajan Singh is nowconcentrating his energies on improving his batting too in order tobecome a potent all-rounder. The Indian off spinner, who earned arecord 32-wicket haul in the home Test series against Australia, hasmade the headlines on the current Zimbabwe tour for different reasons.Despite being the second highest wicket-taker for India in the Testseries, it was his gutsy contribution with the bat in both the Teststhat was more acknowledged. And Harbhajan, who turns 21 on July 3,himself knows his batting only too well.”I think my footwork is not very good but my eyesight is very good. Ican spot it (the ball) early,” he told PTI in an interview inBulawayo. He said his crucial knock in the Chennai Test againstAustralia had given him the confidence that he can get some runs too.”The point is if you bat well in an international series once, youhave the confidence to do it again. (After the knock againstAustralia) I said to myself: ‘If you can get it against Australia, youcan get it against any team’.”* Vengsarkar is MCA selection committee chairmanFormer Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar has been appointed chairman ofthe senior selection committee by the Cricket Improvement Committee(CIC) of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for the 2001-2002season. The decision to appoint Vengsarkar was taken by the MCA at itsmeeting held in Mumbai on Thursday, an MCA release said. The othermembers of the committee include Raju Kulkarni, Abdul Ismail andSudhir Naik.The Under-19 and MCA Colts committee includes Abdul Ismail as chairmanand Ranjan Baindoor, Sanjay Patil and Deepak Jadhav as members. AbeyKuruvilla has been appointed chairman of the junior selectioncommittee. Bharat Nadkarni, Tukaram Surve and Pradeep Kasliwal havebeen appointed as members.While Lalchand Rajput has been appointed as coach for the Ranji Trophyteam, Subhash Bandiwadekar and Chandrakant Pandit are the coaches forthe under-22 and under-19 teams respectively, the release said. DineshNanavaty has been appointed coach for the under-16 team and SuruNayak has been asked to coach the under-14 team.* BCCI yet to decide on Super Challenge SeriesThe Indian cricket team’s participation in the three-match limitedovers series against Australia in September was yet to be approved bythe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).BCCI secretary JY Lele, told PTI in Mumbai on Thursday that a decisionwhether to accept the invitation from the Australian Cricket Board(ACB) to play would be taken at the Board’s working committee meetingto be held in the third week of July.”We had asked for a change in the dates from the ACB as they clashedwith the Asian Test championship tie with Pakistan from September13-17 and the ACB has acceded to our request,” he said. “However, thefinal decision whether to send a team for the series rests with theworking committee,” Lele said.