da esoccer bet: Shiv Sunder Das, whose sterling performance helped India break the 15-year-old jinx of not being able to win a Test match outside the subcontinent, has been offered an executive post in the Steel Authorityof India Limited (SAIL) by the Indian
13-Jun-2001Shiv Sunder Das, whose sterling performance helped India break the 15-year-old jinx of not being able to win a Test match outside the subcontinent, has been offered an executive post in the Steel Authorityof India Limited (SAIL) by the Indian Steel Minister Braja KishoreTripathy.Praising Das for his determination to rise as a great player, theMinister said in a press statement, “Das has brought laurels to theentire nation and established himself as an eminent player.”The stocky opener from Orissa had hit an unbeaten 82 in the secondinnings besides contributing a cameo knock of 30 in the first andtaking three catches in the match to help India register acomprehensive eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first of the twoTests against hosts Zimbabwe