Ishant Sharma in action during Brisbane Test.

In light of a recent report about Ishant Sharma and Suresh Raina having to leave the Brisbane Cricket Ground to find some vegetarian food, an Indian restaurant in Brisbane called Miss India says it was ready to serve the Indian team vegetarian food, but they couldn't because the person designated to collect the food from the ground for the team arrived at the wrong time. (MS Dhoni leapfrogs Pataudi in record of zeroes as India captain)

"Brisbane's most famous Indian restaurant chain, Miss India is no more than 30 metres from the stadium's gate and offers a multitude of delicious vegetarian options complimented with hand-made chapatis and naan bread straight from the tandoor.

We were well prepared for the high demand here and would have had no problem in solving the Indian cricket team's lunchtime woes," said Ravi, the executive manager of Miss India Franchising & Management, which is owned by an Indian, Raymond Prasad.(Also read: Shane Watson 'shaken' by bouncer blow to head)

"With 30 restaurants across Australia, Miss India has been tried and tested over the years by India cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar besides a host of other cricketers and celebrities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has tasted the fare during the recent G20 summit here," added Ravi. (Sledging backfiring on MS Dhoni's Team India: Gavaskar)

Interestingly, the hotel staff did receive an order from the Indian team management for 50 chapatis, but the food could not be delivered. Ravi explained why.

"Our staff received an order for 50 chapatis that were to be picked up at 11:30am. Instead, the catering management's staff arrived unannounced at our store at 10:45am (45 minutes early) and expected the order to be ready almost an hour before the requested pick-up time.

The order was obviously not ready as our staff was hand-making them fresh for the Indian team. Whoever is responsible for the management of Team India's catering needs to be more organised and it is they who came up short, not us," said Ravi.

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Melbourne, Dec 23: India's Ishant Sharma and Suresh Raina were upset with Cricket Australia (CA) during the 2nd Test in Brisbane as they had no vegetarian food to eat at the ground. If it repeats in Melbourne, they will have some options.

India-Australia series schedule

Both Ishant and Raina had to step out of the Gabba ground to find vegetarian food with CA not making arrangements for the same.India lost the 2nd Test by 4 wickets and are trailing 0-2 against Australia in the four-match rubber.

Ishant Sharma was upset in Brisbane

Now the teams have moved to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test, which starts December 26.

If both Ishant and Raina do not get vegetarian food again, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), they have few good restaurants in the city to keep their hunger away.

During the Gabba Test, on the third day, both Ishant and Raina went out of the ground to get vegetarian food. They were accompanied by ICC's Anti Corrutpion and Security Unit (ACSU) officials and team director Ravi Shastri.

"Miss India" restaurant was ready to give vegetarian food for the duo but the person designated to pick it up arrived at a wrong time, according to a report in "Mid-Day".

Indian team had ordered 50 chapatis at the restaurant, which is about 30 metres away from the ground, the report said.

Here are some of the restaurants that they can choose from, in Melbourne

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Once known mainly to organic food co-op members and health food fanatics, sprouted grain products are poised to make a leap into the popular consciousness in 2015, similar to the quinoa explosion in 2014. On the heals of recent introductions by King Arthur Flour and Panera restaurants, one of the nations most mainstream food retailersSams Clubis now preparing to jump onto the sprouted grain bandwagon. Beginning Saturday, Dec. 27, the chain will offer sprouted seven-grain bread and dinner rolls from Angelic Bakehouse as part of its Health and Wellness set at all 634 locations nationwide. The momentum will then continue in February with the introduction of Kelloggs new Kashi sprouted grain cereal.

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PUDUCHERRY: Delegates of some political parties and social outfits on Tuesday presented a joint memorandum to chief minister N Rangasamy seeking his intervention for takeover of Aurobindo Ashram by Puducherry government.

The controversies surrounding the institution had come to cause concern to the people of the Union Territory, secretary of the Federation of People's Rights, G Sugumaran who led the delegation said in a release.

The recent incidents of suicide by two of the five sisters evicted from the ashram with their mother following their eviction from the ashram have triggered the demand for a speedy probe into the incidents by a retired judge of Madras high court, he said.

The ashram should be taken over and administered by an IAS officer so that there would be no room for complaints against the ashram.

Sugumaran said the chief minister assured the delegates that necessary steps would be taken to look into their pleas.

The delegation comprised representatives of Puducherry unit of the MDMK, Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam and Students Federation of Puducherry.

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