IPL is not untenable, says BCCI president

May 17, 2013 - Moulin Parikh |

mumbai

When five domestic Indian players were banned for different time frames on the charges of corruption in June last year, the BCCI had hoped that the punishment would serve as a deterrent to other cricketers.
However, yet another spot fixing scandal — the first in the Indian Premier League — has not only rocked the cricket world but also affected the image of the massively followed league. A shaken and stirred BCCI defended the league and said it was unfair to cast aspersions owing to few “bad eggs.”
“I don’t know about others, but I was shocked. It was a bolt from the blue. The BCCI is shocked that this has happened because we never expected this,” said BCCI president N. Srinivasan here on Thursday.
Answering to queries via a video conference from Kodikanal, the top official disagreed that the IPL was on a sticky wicket. "I am also equally sad, as all my colleagues are in the BCCI, that a player who played Tests for India is involved. But that doesn’t mean that the entire game is corrupt. I do not agree at all. I do not agree the IPL cannot continue. We will take all steps to root out this kind of corruption. To make a sweeping statement the IPL is untenable, I do not agree,” he said.
With the anti corruption unit of the ICC often failing to spot such malpractices, Srinivasan admitted that tackling such issues will take a greater effort. “We have involved the ICC's Anti corruption unit for the IPL. It is difficult to keep track of everybody. The ICC does not have a large force but they are diligent. We have our own anti-corruption unit and cannot take a broad brush and tarnish everyone.”
Life ban likely
It could be curtains as far as Sreesanth’s cricket career is concerned as the BCCI is set to impose a life-ban on the pacer. “As of now, Ravi Sawani, who is the head of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, will carry out a parallel investigation and will submit a report to BCCI disciplinary committee headed by Arun Jaitley within 30 days,” a senior BCCI office-bearer said.

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