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Article: New Delhi's bid to include cricket in 2010 Commonwealth Games hits hurdle
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- January 23, 2006
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SANDEEP NAKAI, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-23-2006
Dateline: NEW DELHI
New Delhi's hopes of including cricket in the 2010 Commonwealth Games hit a big hurdle Monday as the Indian cricket board refused to play in the 20-20 format proposed by the International Cricket Council.
"India will not participate in any tournament with the 20-20 format" in which each team bats for 20 overs, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said after a meeting of its high-powered working committee.
"We don't want to play the 20-20 version of the game for purely cricket reasons," said N. Srinivasan, treasurer of the Indian board, which Monday discussed the ICC's circular on the Commonwealth Games ...