New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) is acting tough on the spot-fixing issue that has engulfed
the Indian Premier League.
BCCI is likely to issue a showcause notice to Rajasthan Royals
medium pacer Siddharth Trivedi, who turned a prosecution witness during
the investigation into the spot-fixing and betting scandal.
The Indian cricket board was unaware that Trivedi had been
approached by bookies and it was only after he became a prosecution
witness did the fact come to light.
Anti-corruption rules state that players are to report to their
respective boards or the anti-corruption units if bookies happen to get
in touch with them.
"Even though people tried to tempt me, I never even thought of spot-fixing,"
Trivedi said after he agreed to assist in the investigations. A top
BCCI official confirmed that Trivedi would not only be issued a show
cause notice but also that he would be suspended till the inquiry into
the spot-fixing scandal being conducted by BCCI's anti-corruption unit
head Ravi Sawani was completed.
"The BCCI will issue a showcause notice to Trivedi and ban him
until the pending inquiry is completed. He was approached by bookies and
unknown people but he never informed IPL's anti-corruption unit about
it," a top BCCI official confirmed.
The Indian board will also issue notices to three cricketers — S
Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Amit Singh — released on bail by Delhi
court on Tuesday. With these cricketers out on bail the BCCI will now
begin their internal inquiry into spot-fixing.
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