IPL Spotfixing Scandal wouldn't have happened under my watch: Sharad Pawar
- 5 years ago
Spot Fixing: Former BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday demanded a home ministry inquiry into all the 75 matches of the scandal-hit T20 league, saying not doing so will give an impression that the cricket board is not serious about dealing with corruption in the sport.
"If the BCCI gives in writing to the home minister and request to investigate all the matches, the government can then investigate all the matches. They can interrogate anybody. They have legal sanction," Pawar said.
"If, however, the board does not accept it and says its own anti-corruption will do the job, I feel the board is not serious in dealing with the wrongdoings," he added.
Pawar further said that the situation would not have arisen if he was in charge. "This nonsense wouldn't have happened if I was the board president."
A three-member BCCI inquiry committee is probing Gurunath Meiyappan, who is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law and also CSK's team principal, and the spot-fixing allegations against three Rajasthan Royals players and its franchise as well as the Chennai Super Kings.
Justice T Jayaram Chouta, former judge of the Karnataka and Madras high courts, justice R Balasubramanian, former judge of the Madras high court, and BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale are members of the Commission.
Pawar, who is also a former ICC president, was of the view that the T20 league should continue after corrective measures are taken.
"If the BCCI gives in writing to the home minister and request to investigate all the matches, the government can then investigate all the matches. They can interrogate anybody. They have legal sanction," Pawar said.
"If, however, the board does not accept it and says its own anti-corruption will do the job, I feel the board is not serious in dealing with the wrongdoings," he added.
Pawar further said that the situation would not have arisen if he was in charge. "This nonsense wouldn't have happened if I was the board president."
A three-member BCCI inquiry committee is probing Gurunath Meiyappan, who is BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law and also CSK's team principal, and the spot-fixing allegations against three Rajasthan Royals players and its franchise as well as the Chennai Super Kings.
Justice T Jayaram Chouta, former judge of the Karnataka and Madras high courts, justice R Balasubramanian, former judge of the Madras high court, and BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale are members of the Commission.
Pawar, who is also a former ICC president, was of the view that the T20 league should continue after corrective measures are taken.