Published: Apr 10, 2015, 11:47 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 10, 2015, 11:47 AM (IST)
Two years after the shocking Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 spot-fixing controversy broke out, another Rajasthan Royals (RR) player was approached by a Ranji Trophy teammate with offer of money if the former played according to the instructions. Indian Premier League 2015 schedule: IPL 8 match time table with venue details
As reported by Indian Express, it is said that the Mumbai-based Rajasthan player did not accept the offer and went on to report the incident to the Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). IPL 2015: CSK, KKR, RCB, KXIP, MI, RR, SRH, DD full team details in IPL 8
However, ACSU chief Ravi Sawani decided not to comment on the incident. BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur took Twitter to express happiness over the player approaching BCCI on the matter.
A player ws approachd & he immediately intimatd @BCCI anti corruption unit.Glad tht BCCI educatn policy showing positive results. @ANI_news
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) April 10, 2015
Players are alert & they know wat is to be done due to our regular education efforts @BCCI. @PTI_News @ANI_news — Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) April 10, 2015
Justice Mukul Mudgal, who formed the committee which looked into the IPL 2013 spot-fixing controversy was also pleased with the action of the player. However, former India cricketer and politician Kirti Azad slammed IPL for fixing.
IPL player did right that he communicated about the offer to BCCI anti corruption unit: Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal pic.twitter.com/eqQYuOibRX
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 10, 2015
I am not surprised that offer has been given to one of Rajasthan Royals player: Kirti Azad, frmr cricketer pic.twitter.com/S3FeEnGjoE
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 10, 2015
They call it ‘India ka tyohar’ but its ‘IPL ka tyohar’ where rave parties, match fixing&spot fixing takes place: Kirti Azad, frmr cricketer
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 10, 2015
Earlier in 2013, S Sreesanth was approached by former Rajasthan Royals player Amit Singh, who contacted on behalf of Jiju Janardhanan. The scandal also marred the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise, as former BCCI chief N Srinivasan’s son-in-law was found involved in betting in IPL, along with Rajasthan co-owner Raj Kundra.
Ahead of the IPL 2015 kicking off, Rajatshan mentor and former India skipper Rahul Dravid spoke about tackling fixing.
“One of the most important things is we need to have stricter laws that deal with issues like match-fixing, spot-fixing. And we need to have those laws in place that in the long term can act as a deterrent,” Dravid said. “There are consequences in cricket (for wrongdoing) and you pay the price.”
Rajasthan Royals take on Kings XI Punjab at Pune on Friday.
