The fate of the cricketers implicated in the IPL spot-fixing scandal would be up for discussion when the BCCI’s disciplinary committee meets on Friday to deliberate on Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ravi Sawani’s report on the scam that shamed the Twenty20 league.
The one-man Sawani panel investigated allegations that the three Rajasthan Royals players conceded a pre-determined number of runs per over in exchange for money during the IPL this year. The players, who also served jail time after being arrested by the Delhi Police, are Test pacer S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. All three of them played for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL but their contracts were terminated by the franchise after the scandal broke out. Sawani’s report will now be studied by the BCCI’s disciplinary committee, which comprises Board vice-presidents Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah.
Sawani, who heads the BCCI’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, handed over the report to the Board during its Working Committee meeting in Kolkata last month. After examining the report, the disciplinary committee will present the findings at the BCCI annual general meeting to be held on September 29. It’s an important time ahead for the sports body.