BCCI serves notice to Dixit over Sachin's comment

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 00:04

Tags: BCCI, Sanjay Dixit, Sachin Tendulkar

BCCI serves notice to Dixit over Sachin`s comment

Zeecric Bureau New Delhi: Upset with his remarks on batting legend Sachin Tendulkar on twitter over the controversial Jaipur pitch, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday served showcause notice on Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) secretary Sanjay Dixit.

Dixit, who also had a spat with Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne over the pitch, has been given 15 days to answer the showcause notice.

Sources close to BCCI said that the board president was terribly upset with the RCA secretary over his twitter comments in which he had criticized Sachin Tendulkar for blaming the Jaipur pitch for Mumbai Indians’ poor performance against Rajasthan Royals.

Put into bat, Mumbai were bowled out for a paltry 94 and Rajasthan chased down the target with in 18.1 overs.

After the loss Tendulkar said that the pitch was ‘two-paced’ and the ball had ‘kept low’.

RCA Secretary Sanjay Dixit had, then, tweeted: ‘Sachin gets out off a full toss. Can’t blame the pitch this time’ after Tendulkar had been dismissed for 51 against Punjab in the next league match.

First Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 00:04

Comments

SIDDHARTH RAISONI - PUNE
RCA Secretary Sanjay Dixit or whoever he is, needs to understand that what sachin said was in relation to the pitch performance. Sachin did not blame anyone and not Mr.Dixit atleast. Or is Mr. Dixit the pitch curator? He`s made sultry comment on sachin as if Sachin was some roadside batting fellow. Do you understand Mr.Dixit that sachin has seen more pitches than anyone else? And its a dismay that you take it so personally that a sportsman said something about the pitch. On the contrary, look at yourself - you are directly targeting sachin in person. Shame.. Shame.. And because its `sachin` that we are speaking about, `shen` on you ..