BCCI elections on hold after SC reveals Srinivasan's name in probe

November 15, 2014

BCCI electionsNew Delhi, Nov 15: N Srinivasan, the ICC chairman and BCCI president-in-exile, Indian Premier League CEO Sundar Raman, Srinivasan's son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, and three international cricket players are among those that India's Supreme Court has disclosed as having been probed by the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee into illegal activity in the IPL.

Interestingly, Justice TS Thakur on Friday said that reports regarding players being withheld for the time being but that the names of the three players were released inadvertently, thinking that they were non-players.

Six names are yet to be revealed and the next hearing will be on November 24. The SC has ordered that the misdemeanours and activities of all non-players in the probe be named public. Aditya Verma, the Cricket Association of Bihar chief and petitioner into the spot-fixing and betting case, told reporters outside the SC that information about five big names has been held back as per the court's direction. The officials named now have four days to file objections to the SC.

The apex court has told the BCCI that it cannot hold elections until these issues are addressed, the result of which is that the elections have been pushed back until January.

The SC was set to see the details on November 10 but was informed by Raju Ramchandran, representing the Mudgal committee, that the sealed envelope report ran in 30 pages wherein no individuals are named but codes are used. Apparently the court wanted to see the report in detail before beginning the hearing of the concerned parties.

The SC has said the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee report on its investigation into 13 persons, submitted at the beginning of the month, includes mention of misdemeanors (by officials) which cannot be held back. The extent of their roles have not been discussed in court yet. The will take some time to reach lawyers/parties. Supreme Court has ordered certain parts be blacked out before registry makes it available.

SC adds cricketers (refers to individuals as I1 I2 I3) should be left out ambit of discussion for now.

This comes nearly six months after the SC asked IPS officer BB Mishra and the police departments of Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to assist the investigation into the corruption scandal. The SC empowered the probe panel to carry out search and seize but refrained it from making any arrest on its own. In April, the SC dealt a severe blow to the BCCI when it rejected a three-member committee selected by the board to investigate the IPL spot-fixing and betting charges. The court then said if the Mudgal committee that conducted an initial probe into the allegations is willing, it would hand over further investigation to the same panel.

In early September, the SC had given the Mudgal Committee two months to finish its investigation IPL betting and match-fixing controversy. The committee had submitted its interim report to the apex court on August 29.

The IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out during the 2013 IPL when India fast bowler Sreesanth, along with two other Rajasthan Royals players Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan and 11 bookies, were arrested for alleged spot-fixing in the tournament. The contracts of the tainted players were terminated by their franchise, which also lodged a criminal complaint against them. It snowballed into a crisis for the BCCI when Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting on May 26, 2013.

An internal probe panel, originally comprising former judges T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian and the then BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, was constituted on May 28 to investigate the allegations against Meiyappan, who maintained his innocence after getting bail. Srinivasan, who owns the CSK franchise, remained defiant through the turmoil and refused to resign but had to step aside as BCCI president after a stormy emergent board meeting on June 2 where Dalmiya took charge of an interim arrangement to run the board's affairs pending the inquiry. The upheaval led to the resignations of board secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke, who asked for Srinivasan's resignation on moral grounds.

Srinivasan, 68, had on June 2, 2013 decide to temporarily step aside from his position as BCCI president after Meiyappan was arrested for allegedly betting in the IPL.

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May 30,2020

New York, May 30: Cricket superstar Virat Kohli remains the only Indian in the Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes with total earnings of USD 26 million, jumping to the 66th spot from 100 in the 2020 standings.

Kohli's earnings from endorsement stand at USD 24 million and USD 2 million from salary/winnings. The 31-year-old is also the only cricketer in the top-100 list.

With earnings of USD 25 million, Kohli was ranked 100th in 2019 and 83rd in 2018 with USD 24 million.

Tennis legend Roger Federer has toped the list for the first time with earnings of USD 106.3 million, rising from fifth place last year.

Football icons Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are second and third respectively with earnings of USD 105 and USD 104 million.

The others in the top-10 are Neymar (football), LeBron James (basketball), Stephen Curry (basketball), Kevin Durrant (basketball), Tigers Woods (golf), Kirk Cousins (American football) and Carson Wentz (American football).

The athletes' earnings have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic which led to suspension of sporting activities all around the world.

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May 8,2020

Karachi, May 8: A cricket museum based in India has bought a bat auctioned by Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali to raise funds for the needy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Azhar had put two of his precious belongings -- the bat he used to score 302 runs against the West Indies in a Test in 2016 and the jersey he wore during the 2017 Champions Trophy final win over India -- on an online auction to raise funds for the people affected by the deadly disease.

Both the bat and jersey were signed by members of the Pakistan team.

Azhar announced on social media that he had kept a base price of one million each for the bat and jersey and they had sold for 2.2 million.

He confirmed that Blades of Glory Cricket Museum based in Pune bought the bat by making a winning offer of Rs. 1 million for the bat.

Azhar said that the auction of the shirt also generated a lot of interest and Kash Villani, a Pakistani based in California, came up with the highest bid of Rs. 1.1 million for the shirt before the conclusion of the auction.

Another Pakistani based in New Jersey, Jamal Khan also donated Rs. 100,000 for the cause.

"I put two of my closest belongings on auction with base price of 1 million PKR each to support people suffering due to ongoing crisis. Auction starts now and will close on 11:59 PM 05 May, 2020," Azhar had tweeted.

Ali became the first international player to score a test triple century in Day/Night Test when he scored an unbeaten 302 against the West Indies team in UAE in 2016.

"The shirt is from 2017 Champions Trophy which we won, it has the signature of all the players which were present in the squad," Ali said in a video posted on Twitter.

"Both these things are close to my heart but if it can be used in the difficult times for the benefit of the people I will more than happy."

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March 19,2020

London, Mar 19: Talking about the break in cricketing activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa pacer Dale Steyn said that the disease seems to be to the only topic of conversation these days.

"I don't know how to describe it. Doesn't matter where you go, everyone is talking about it - whether it is on an airplane or you are just popping into a grocery store. It just seems like it is the only topic of conversation," ESPN Cricinfo quoted Steyn as saying.

"Yeah, it's so strange. Normally if I am on holiday I'll be planning a fishing trip or a surfing trip. At the moment I am just chilling at home," he added.

Steyn was last seen in action in the Pakistan Super League where he took two wickets in two matches.

When asked whether he has enough hand sanitizers, he replied: "We just decided that stockpiling is definitely not the way to go. It is not fair on everybody who needs that stuff. I went to the grocery store the other day and everyone had bought all the toilet paper. We have what we need, and when that runs out, that runs out, and we need to go and get some more".

"We didn't feel it was necessary to go and absolutely just, like, zombie our lives up. There's other people that live on a day-to-day basis. They are not going to get all of that stuff, so we thought it was best not to do that".

Steyn also had a message for the fans, "Stay healthy, wash your hands, look after yourself, don't be greedy. Right now they are saying old people are really struggling, so if in a position to help, rather help them than help yourself. Pretty simple, really."

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the ODI series between India-South Africa and Australia-New Zealand have been postponed.

The start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has also been postponed until April 15.

Cricket South Africa has suspended all forms of cricket for 60 days while Cricket Australia has advised all its employees to work from home.

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