71.   The Indian cricket board and the national selection committee announced the change after a meeting in the western city of Nagpur.

72.   The Indian cricket board said Monday its players need special security arrangements during their tour of England this summer.

73.   The Indian cricket board threatened Monday to cancel its own tour of England next summer if the English pulled out of the upcoming series.

74.   The Indian cricket board was surprised that New Zealand was cutting its tour short.

75.   The modalities of paying the surcharge will be worked out between the Indian cricket board and the players, he said.

76.   The standoff between the International Cricket Council and the Indian cricket board over the selection of banned batsman Virender Sehwag appears to be over.

77.   The pressure on the Indian cricket board will increase after the issue was raised in Parliament and public protests were held in several cities in India.

78.   The security for the match is probably the tightest ever for an Indian cricket match.

79.   Tight security greeted the Indian cricket team Friday when its athletes arrived in Pakistan for the three one-day international Wills Cup Challenge Series.

80.   Twenty-three-year-old Sachin Tendulkar was Friday named as captain of the Indian national cricket team, replacing controversial Mohammad Azharuddin.