da realsbet: The touring Indian cricket team’s laundry bills problem has beensolved on the eve of the first Test against Zimbabwe
06-Jun-2001The touring Indian cricket team’s laundry bills problem has beensolved on the eve of the first Test against Zimbabwe.Board President AC Muthiah had a lengthy discussion with the playerson Tuesday and the problem has been solved "once and for all," BCCIexecutive Secretary Sharad Diwadkar told PTI in Mumbai on Wednesday.However, Diwadkar did not specify how the problem was sorted out andonly said the players have been asked by Muthiah to concentrate on theTest match starting on Thursday at Bulawayo.Soon after reaching Zimbabwe, the team had complained of insufficientdaily allowance provided to them by the Board. An allowance of $32(approximately $2000 Zimbabwe) was considered too inadequate by theplayers specially due the fact that laundry charges are very high inthat country.