New Delhi, May 14: Indian cricket board chief N Srinivasan on Monday assured to take strictest possible action against the players shown in India TV sting operation confessing their role in spot-fixing.
Asked about the sting operation, Srinivasan said, ”We will ensure that the integrity of the game is protected. BCCI believes in the integrity of the game. We will take the strictest possible action. We will have to have the tapes and the moment we see it, whoever is the player, we will take very very strict action.”
“If there is any truth in it... It is a fact that we will take strictest action. Even if it means suspending the player immediately. But (that has to be) based on some evidence and fact, for which I have asked the COO of IPL Sundar Raman to request for the tape,” he said.
Srinivasan said he has asked the Governing Council of the IPL so that in the morning there will be a tele-conferencing of the governing council to go into this matter. We will act to show that this is not tolerated.”
“IPL, we believe is clean. We have got the Anti-Corruption Unit covering it. They are the in-chanrge of the security. We have got Ravi Swami, who was heading BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit to take it up for us.” “People can make allegations. But if there is any shred of evidence, we will take action.
The BCCI also said in release that it will seek a “complete footage” of the ‘sting operation' and examined thoroughly.
“The complete footage of the ‘sting operation' will be sought, and examined thoroughly. The GC will meet on an emergent basis to review the footage and take appropriate strict action,” Board Secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in the release.
India TV on Monday blew the lid off “murky deals” in the IPL among players, organisers, owners and big guns of Indian cricket.
India TV showed many players confessing on hidden camera they get much more than their prescribed auction under the table.
The sting operation also revealed that spot-fixing is not only prevalent in IPL but also that first class matches are fixed and women played an important role in match-fixing.
