Former India cricketer Kirti Azad on Sunday began a fast, demanding that the Indian Premier League (IPL), which has been a hit by a series a controversies, be scrapped.
Kirti Azad has decided to go on fast against the controversies and scams that are going on in the current Indian Premier League. He believes that a lot of players are against the current state of politics in cricket but nobody is raising their voice because they are getting paid well from the game
Demanding that the Indian Premier League (IPL) be "closed", Bharatiya Janata Party MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad Friday said he would go on a fast against the sporting event after the slew of controversies.
The BCCI began the probe into the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the cash-rich IPL with one of the suspended domestic players Shalabh Srivastava deposing before the Inquiry Commission.
Kings XI Punjab said it will take strict action against any of its player found guilty of indulging in spot-fixing even as the BCCI has suspended five uncapped Indian players in the wake of a television sting operation which claimed to have exposed corruption in the IPL.
A TV 'sting operation' may have cast doubts over the credibility of IPL but Delhi Daredevils batsman Mahela Jayawardene on Wednesday said the team's focus has not changed despite the spot-fixing allegations on some players.
A video of Rajeev Shukla press conference saying that BCCI won't pardon any player found guilty in spot-fixing. The BCCI Vice President and IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla said that the Indian Cricket Board will not tolerate such acts by players and if found guilty, the players will not be pardoned. “The IPL Governing...
A video of Sports Minister Ajay Maken press conference calling BCCI to act fast. After the sting operation that has shaken the very foundations of the Indian Premier League, Sports Minister Ajay Maken has asked the cricket board to pick up the challenge and root the malaise out completely. “As I have said...
A video of angry fans blaming BCCI for spot-fixing in IPL. The spot fixing row that has hit IPL recently has left genuine lovers of the sport really disappointed. Fans of the Mumbai Indians team are no less unhappy with what is happening around them in the world of a sport that is...
In the backdrop of a spot-fixing scandal that rocked IPL, Sports Minister Ajay Maken said the BCCI should probe the root cause of the problem and suggested that the body should de-link itself from running the cash-rich Twenty20 league to avoid "overlapping of interests".