* Brijesh Patel is Karnataka selection committee chairman

Former Indian Test batsman Brijesh Patel is the chairman of the Karnataka State senior selection committee. The other members of the committee are another former Test player Roger Binny and former State cricketers B Vijayakrishna and J Abhiram.

The following are members of the other selection committees:

Under-22: YB Patel (Chairman), H Surendra, K Sanath Kumar, AV Venkatnarayan and Vijay Prakash (from Mysore). Under-19 and Under-16: A Raghuram Bhat (Chairman), Kamal Tandon, R Ananth, Sanjay Desai and Baba M Bhushad (invitee from Zone). Under-14: K Jeshwant (Chairman), Rajesh Kamath, R Arun Kumar, BS Vishwanath and Sujith Bohra (invitee from Zone).

Selection committees for SA Srinivasan Memorial Trophy tournament 2001-2002: President's XI and Combined XI: J Abhiram (Chairman), A Raghuram Bhat, MS Rajappa, PV Shashikanth, H Chandrashekar and AV Venkatnarayan. Bangalore City and Bangalore zone: YB Patel (Chairman), Sanjay Desai, Suresh Shanbal, K Sanath Kumar, B Siddarama and S Prakash.

The KSCA secretary will be the convener for all the above committees.

* CAB annual awards distributed

The annual prize distribution function of the Cricket Association of Bengal for 2000-2001 was held at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Major General PJS Sandhu (GOC-Bengal Area) was the chief guest on the occasion. East Bengal Club received the First Division League Championship Trophy while High Court Club collected the Second Division Championship Trophy. Kalighat Club won the Senior Knock-out Championship while Victoria Sporting Club won the Junior Knock-out Trophy. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club received the P.Sen Memorial Trophy.

Rohan Gavaskar of East Bengal Club received the Pankaj Gupta Memorial Cup for the Cricketer of The Year along with a cash prize of Rs 1,500 while Deep Dasgupta received the Gentleman Cricketer Of The Year (Pankaj Roy Memorial Trophy). This is a new trophy instituted only this year. Arindam Das received the Bata Challenge Cup and Rs 1,000 for the Best Under-19 cricketer, Ajoy Garai received the Nirod Chowdhury Memorial Challenge Cup and Rs 1,000 for the Best Under-16 cricketer and Samik Mukherjee received the CAB Challenge Cup and Rs 1,000 for the Best Under-14 cricketer.

Deep Dasgupta and Arindam Das were awarded Rs 1,000 each for being selected in the National Cricket Academy. Sabir Ali, Shib Shankar Paul, Sujay Parui, Aurijeet Basu, Amitava Banerjee and Sanjib Sanyal were each awarded Rs 1,500 for making their debut in the National Championship. Sukanta Pathak, Aniruddha Banerjee and Susanta Pathak were each awarded Rs 1,500 for making their debut in umpiring in the Ranji Trophy. International umpire Subrata Banerjee won the Santosh Kumar Ganguly Memorial Trophy and Rs 1,500 for being adjudged as "Best Umpire" of CAB.

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