Cricketers being encouraged to take up Elephant Polo

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Published: 10/17/2006 12:00 AM (UAE)

Teams invited for elephant polo

 

IANS

 

 

Jaipur, India: The Indian, Pakistani and English cricket teams, here for the

Champions Trophy, were invited to play elephant polo yesterday - an entirely

different ball game.

 

The Rajasthan Polo Club (RPC) secretary, Vikram Singh Rathore, extended the

invitation to the teams, the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) media

manager, Anant Vyas, said.

 

Elephant polo, a traditional and elite sport, is quite popular in the state

and particularly in the state capital. It is one of the several versions of

polo played in India, the other being horse polo and cycle polo.

 

*Now, women in blue*

 

It is just a coincidence that the uniform of the women staff at the Sawai

Man Singh Stadium here is blue sarees.

 

These women were seen working at the ground - venue of Sunday's opening

match of the Champions Trophy - even before the Indian team arrived in their

blue training uniform.

 

Another coincidence was that the new permanent stands, built at the southern

end of the stadium, has also been painted in the same colour - light blue.

The colour of the chairs in another enclosure was green - the colour of the

Pakistan team that play Sri Lanka today.