Fixing the Spot: The revelations made by some fringe players in a sting operation had reveal that the vicious fang of fixing has started to take fancied IPL into its grasp. But the worse was unearthed when Delhi police arrested three players for fixing the game in IPL. The police had enough proof to show that all was not well in the richest league of cricket.
Rahul Dravid led Rajasthan Royals in IPL was most affected. Three key players Sreesanth, Ashok Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were accused are now suffering ban from cricket imposed on them by the BCCI.
Scandalous Betting : After the involvement of the players in spot fixing were exposed the turn was now for the big names to get involved. With the arrest of silver screen Vindoo Dara Singh and his subsequent revelations had led more worms coming out of the can. The biggest catch was Gurunath Meyippan son in law of the ex- BCCI president NSrinivasan. There was an immense pressure on him to remove him from the post of the president. But till recently he used to find an escape route until Supreme Court has passes its ruling to clean the game of Cricket.
On 14th November 2014, Supreme Court bench comprising justice T.S. Thakur and justice F.M. Kalifullah said those under the Mudgal scanner were sidelined Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan, BCCI chief operating officer (COO) Sunder Raman, IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR) co-owner Raj Kundra and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team principal Gurunath Meiyappan besides at least three yet unnamed players.
In the wake of Friday's developments, the BCCI elections - scheduled for Nov 20 - have been put on hold for another four weeks.
