Foreign support staff gets 1-year extension

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to give one-year extensions to team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus and trainer A...

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to give one-year extensions to team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus and trainer Adrian le Roux along with coach John Wright, subject to the approval of its working committee.

Board president Jagmohan Dalmiya told reporters here today that the negotiations for details of contract extention of the three foreign recruits had been “completed”.

“But it is not within my power to grant them the extension. It is the working committee which will take a decision on this issue,” Dalmiya said after the meeting of the board’s finance committee. The working committee will meet sometime in early June, he said.

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The contracts of Wright, Leipus and Le Roux expired with the completion of the World Cup in South Africa last month. Apart from discussing routine financial matters at today’s meeting, the board also decided to foot the expenses of Sachin Tendulkar’s surgery in the United States for a finger injury.

Tendulkar left for the United States on Saturday night along with board doctor Anant Joshi.

“We decided to allow Dr Joshi to accompany Tendulkar so that he can brief the doctors in the US on the injury. The board will foot the expenses of Joshi’s travel also,” Dalmiya said.

On the issue of cricketer Ajay Jadeja’s future, Dalmiya said the board had acted on legal advice and challenged the arbitrator’s order quashing the ban on the cricketer for his alleged involvement in match-fixing activities.