Anil Kumble helps reinstate five match referees
Updated On: 04 September, 2013 12:41 AM IST | | Debasish Datta
In a decision that surprised many observers, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suddenly sacked five match referees, including B Raghunath (Karnataka), Anand Patel (Madhya Pradesh), Balbir Singh (Punjab), Raju Mukherjee (Bengal) and Kalyan Sundaram (TN) earlier this season.
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The reason given for their exclusion was that they were over 60-years-old, the age at which they were supposed to retire. This decision was believed to be the handiwork of some lower category officials in the Board as they wanted to push the case of their own recruits.
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