da cassino： Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have been invited by the formerPrime Minister of England, John Major to take part in a match at theOval on September 18
Staff Reporter13-Jul-2001Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have been invited by the formerPrime Minister of England, John Major to take part in a match at theOval on September 18. Major is the President of the Surrey CountyCricket Club. The club has recently decided to build a cricket museum.To raise funds for the museum, the club is organizing a match betweenan Asian XI and the Rest of the World. Invitations have also been sentto cricketers in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.The former Prime Minister has already faxed a letter to the Board ofControl for Cricket in India. In the letter, Major has stated thatthey would like four Indian cricketers to participate in the match.Along with Tendulkar and Ganguly, they have also expressed theirdesire to have Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble. But Major has made itclear that the first priority of the authorities are Tendulkar andGanguly.However, it is doubtful whether the Indian cricketers can participatein the match. If India participates in the Asian Test Championship,then it will take on Pakistan from September 12 to 16. The matchagainst Bangladesh will come off from September 24 to 28. Thesecretary of the BCCI, JY Lele said on Thursday "If Tendulkar andGanguly want to participate, we will not object. However, the scheduleleaves little scope for their partcipation. At this moment, ourinternational engagements are our prime concern."