IPL Spot Fixing: ICC has withdrawn umpire Asad Rauf from Champions Trophy. The decision was taken after reports in media which said that the Pakistani umpire was withdrawn because of spot-fixing investigations by the Mumbai Police.

The raging spot-fixing saga in the IPL turned murkier on Thursday (May 23) with controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf being withdrawn by the ICC from next month's Champions Trophy in UK for his alleged role in the scandal which is growing bigger by the day.

A week after the sensational arrest of India paceman S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals team-mates on charges of spot-fixing, Rauf's pull-out from the June 6-23 Champions Trophy added a new twist to the fast unfolding drama.

The ICC said in a statement that Rauf has been withdrawn as he was under investigation by the Mumbai Police, thus becoming the first umpire to come under the scanner in the IPL spot-fixing scandal