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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Buchi Babu cricket: Tamil Nadu look to find a spin partner for Sai Kishore
M Siddharth CHENNAI: The Buchi Babu invitational tournament, which traditionally acts as a preparatory event for the Ranji Trophy, could not have come at a better time for Tamil Nadu . Different factors – including workload management and injuries to key players – have put TN outside their comfort zone ahead of the red-ball competition that will begin here on Monday. The tourney will serve as a testing ground for TN, who will seek answers to some probing questions via their two teams – TNCA President's XI and TNCA XI. Among those is the quest to find an able ally for lead spinner R Sai Kishore in the first phase of the Ranji Trophy. Sai Kishore's partner-in-crime S Ajith Ram, a left-arm slow bowler who has been a mainstay in the TN XI for the last few years, is set to be out of action until at least December, after suffering an ACL injury during the Tamil Nadu Premier League. You Can Also Check: Chennai AQI | Weather in Chennai | Bank Holidays in Chennai | Public Holidays in Chennai | Gold Rates Today in Chennai | Silver Rates Today in Chennai With TN set to play three of their first five matches of the Ranji season on the spin-friendly Coimbatore ground, discovering the right combination will be high on the agenda. While left-arm tweaker M Siddharth (TNCA XI) is likely to be the front-runner to replace Ajith Ram, he will have to demonstrate during Buchi Babu that he is cut above the rest. DT Chandrasekar (TNCA XI), P Vidyuth (TNCA President's XI) and P Vignesh (TNCA President's XI) are the other left-arm spinners in the fray, with Lakshay Jain (TNCA XI) and J Hemchudeshan (TNCA President's XI) being the off-spinning options. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Next-Level Tablet Experience Awaits with Blackview MEGA 8 BlackView Shop Now Undo Given that Sai Kishore has been ruled out with a minor finger injury, the TNCA President's XI slow bowlers may receive the opportunity to take up the lead role. TN head coach M Senthilnathan said that it is up to the players to make a strong case for themselves. 'We have enough spin-bowling talent to encounter this situation. The Buchi Babu tournament gives them a platform to showcase their skills. Some of these players are not well established at TN's senior level, so the tournament will allow us to pick the right players for the Ranji Trophy,' Senthilnathan told TOI on Sunday. Chandrasekar was the topper of the TNCA first division league's wickets chart in the opening phase, while Vidyuth and Hemchudeshan were also placed in the top-15. 'We have many left-arm spinners in TN and they have shown that they are capable of picking up wickets,' added Senthilnathan. Meanwhile, U-19 stars RS Ambrish (TNCA President's XI), K Abhinav (TNCA President's XI) and D Deepesh (TNCA XI) will get a taste of senior-level cricket. Stay updated with the latest local news from your city on Times of India (TOI). Check upcoming bank holidays , public holidays , and current gold rates and silver prices in your area.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
SC's interference in Prez-guv powers will destabilise power balance: Govt
Supreme Court NEW DELHI: In a blazing response to Supreme Court 's judgment fixing deadlines for President and governors in granting or withholding assent to bills passed by assemblies, Centre on Saturday warned impermissible invasion of constitutionally conferred high plenary zone on the top constitutional post holders by SC in the garb of judicial review powers would destabilise the balance of powers among the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. "A wide-ranging judicial review of assent procedures, either post-assent or at a stage anterior to the grant of assent, would potentially destabilise the constitutional balance between organs of State. It would create an institutional hierarchy and upset the constitutional balance of powers between the three organs," it said, adding the judiciary does not hold keys or solutions for every conundrum that may arise in a democratic society. Objecting to the manner in which SC used its exclusive powers under Article 142 to arrogate itself the power to amend the Constitution to fix deadlines for the President and governors in granting or withholding assent to bills and grant "deemed assent" to 10 Tamil Nadu bills, the Centre said, "Article 142 does not empower the court to create a concept of 'deemed assent', turning the constitutional & legislative process on its head. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Next-Level Tablet Experience Awaits with Blackview MEGA 8 BlackView Shop Now Undo " In its written submissions filed Saturday in support of President Droupadi Murmu's reference raising 14 queries to situations arising after the contentious Apr 8 judgment by Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan, Centre said exercising judicial powers over decisions of the President and governors in relation to bills would confer supremacy on judiciary, which is against the Constitution's basic structure, a red line that cannot be crossed by any organ of governance. "The classical notion of judicial review cannot be lifted and applied to assent as the factors at play during the grant or withholding of assent have no legal or constitutional parallel. The unique duality of assent thus deserves a uniquely calibrated judicial approach," it said. It said each of the three organs of governance derive power from the Constitution, which does not assign any higher pedigree or superiority to any one organ that would enable judiciary to relegate the high position of gubernatorial post to a subservient one. Issues relating to bills, with regard to decisions of the President and governors, "deserve political answers and not necessarily judicial," the Centre said. Certain political questions may arise in the exercise of the core functions of any of the three organs, and these would have been answered through democratic remedies under the Constitution. The judiciary, in the zest of finding a solution to every problem, cannot brush aside the essential constitutional feature of separation of powers, the Centre said. Though some overlap has happened over the years despite clear separation of powers envisaged by the Constitution, the powers and limitations of these three organs flow from the same constitutional text without ascribing "any higher pedigree or superior legitimacy to any organ", it said. Notwithstanding the overlap, certain zones remain exclusive to each - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, it said, adding none can trench upon the domain exclusive to another. Disapproving the manner in which the Tamil Nadu governor was treated in SC's Apr 8 judgment, the Centre said governors are not foreigners in states, not just emissaries of the Centre but represent national interest and democratic will in states as part of national fraternity. "When the Constitution seeks to impose time limits for taking certain decisions, it specifically mentions such time limits. On the other hand, when it designedly sought to keep the exercise of powers flexible, it did not impose any fixed time limit. Since the text of Art 200 or 201, does not provide a specific time limit, no form of judicial review or judicial interpretation can impose the same." it said.
