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Indian team skips envoys dinner for MSD event, is reported to MEA

LONDON: The Indian cricket team and the cricket board (BCCI) have been reported by the Indian high commission to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) in Delhi for failing to attend a reception on July 18, which was to be hosted by the Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom. It is mandatory under BCCI rules for a touring Indian side to accept invitations for such occasions. It was reliably learnt that much to the high commissioner Nalin Suries embarrassment, he had to hurriedly abandon his planned hospitality, after he came to know that skipper MS Dhoni had scheduled a function the same evening at a posh central London hotel to raise money for his charity. According to a former Indian cricketer, members of the Indian squad currently touring England, including Sachin Tendulkar, preferred to attend the fundraising event which garnered £450,000 for a foundation established by Dhoni. He remarked: Todays players have become too big for their boots. It was learnt that about 100 invitation cards had already been distributed for the high commissioners do, which was intended to be a get-together for over 200 people on the lawns of his residence at Kensington Palace Gardens. Leading personalities from cricketing and diplomatic circles were on the list of invitees.

                                                                                                               
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