The statements of three Indian cricketers implicated in a TV sting operation, which claimed to have exposed corruption in Indian Premier League (IPL), were recorded by the Income Tax Department on Saturday.
The BCCI Working Committee will meet in Delhi on July 16 to discuss and ratify the recommendations made by the technical committee for an overhaul of domestic cricket.
By CricketCountry Staff Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to ban the five cricketers involved in Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing controversy was applauded by former Pakistan opener and till recently the chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Khan.
By CricketCountry Staff
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to ban the five cricketers involved in Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing controversy was applauded by former Pakistan opener and till recently the chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Mohsin Khan.
Tainted Uttar Pradesh paceman Shalabh Srivastava feels he hasn't got "justice" after the BCCI slapped a five-year ban which means that his career is "as good as over."
The Income Tax department has given a clean chit to the five banned domestic cricketers, who were involved in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing fiasco, from any financial misconduct or receiving kickbacks in order to fix matches.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a slightly different set of rules while proceeding against alleged misconduct committed by its players, selectors, umpires and team officials as opposed to administrators.
Former cricketers on Saturday welcomed the BCCI's decision to slap life ban on T P Sudhindra and varying degrees of sanctions to four other players caught in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, saying that anybody found guilty of corruption should be handed deterrent punishment.
Cracking the whip on cricketers caught in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday imposed a life ban on pacer T P Sudhindra but handed lighter punishments to four other domestic players who were also exposed in the TV sting operation.
The inquiry report of the TV sting operation conducted during IPL 5 has been received by the BCCI and it will be referred to the Board’s disciplinary panel, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla said.
BCCI's new anti-corruption wing head Ravi Sawani has submitted his inquiry report on allegations of corruption, including spot-fixing, levelled against five uncapped Indian players to the Board president.