Jaipur: Jaipur police will share with their Delhi counterparts the call details of mobile phones seized during raids to assist with the ongoing IPL spot-fixing probe. "Over 250 mobile phones, some laptops and other items were seized during 16 raids in the city during the IPL season this year and call details of the mobile phones will be shared with Delhi Police to assist them in the ongoing probe in spot fixing," a police officer said.
"This is to ascertain whether there was any connection of the bookies arrested in Jaipur," the officer said, adding, that the city police was unaware of any spot fixing but action on large scale was taken against betting.
Sreesanth and the other two cricketers - Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila - were arrested in Mumbai on Thursday by Delhi Police for spot-fixing IPL matches for payments of upto Rs 60 lakh just for giving away pre-determined number of runs in an over. ...
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03:55 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: A team of the Mumbai crime branch raided the Sofitel Hotel in Mumbai's Badra-Kurla Complex on Friday night in relation to the spot-fixing case, from where they have seized a laptop that possibly belongs to the arrested Rajasthan Royals' player Sreesanth. Though it's still not certain if the laptop is owned by Sreesanth, sources have told CNN-IBN that it is possible that Sreesanth may have contacted the bookies from...
03:14 PM, May 18, 2013
Live updates from Game 69 between Punjab and Mumbai at Dharamsala Against the spectre of spot-fixing, the Indian Premier League will continue on its road to the play-offs as Mumbai Indian and Kings XI Punjab play their last league fixture here on Saturday. While Punjab's outside chance of reaching the top-four has already been blown away by Sunrisers Hyderabad who beat Rajasthan Royals on Friday to register their ninth win,...
03:00 PM, May 18, 2013
Jaipur: Jaipur police will share with their Delhi counterparts the call details of mobile phones seized during raids to assist with the ongoing IPL spot-fixing probe. "Over 250 mobile phones, some laptops and other items were seized during 16 raids in the city during the IPL season this year and call details of the mobile phones will be shared with Delhi police to assist them in the ongoing probe in...
02:50 PM, May 18, 2013
Chennai: Jolted by the sensational IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI's all-powerful working committee will hold an emergency meeting here on Sunday to discuss the fallout of the controversy and decide the future course of action against the three arrested cricketers. The BCCI is under intense pressure to take a tough stand as it is a second case of spot-fixing in the cash-rich IPL and indications are that they could even...
02:41 PM, May 18, 2013
Pune: Pune Warriors India host Delhi Daredevils on Sunday in a match which will decide who takes the last spot in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League. Both teams have a tournament to forget, each picking up just three wins in 15 matches and it's hard to say who is the favourite going into this match. Ideally, it has to be the team with fewer shortcomings. But looking...
02:30 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: An international website based out of UK is being used by the bookies after the operation by Delhi Police on Thursday, say sources. Three Rajasthan Royals players and several bookies were arrested by the police, who have electronic evidence against the players and are interrogating them. Sources close to the bookies have told CNN-IBN that post crackdown, the bookies have fled the major cities like Delhi/NCR and are...
02:05 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. "I was not hiding. BCCI reacted on the first day, I reacted to PTI on the second day and today I am talking again," Shukla said while speaking to CNN-IBN at his...
01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Breaking his silence on the IPL spot-fixing scandal that has maligned Indian cricket, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla has said that he "was not hiding" and the BCCI will do everything it takes "to weed out" corruption. "I was not hiding. BCCI reacted on the first day, I reacted to PTI on the second day and today I am talking again," Shukla said while speaking to CNN-IBN at his...
01:43 PM, May 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says that beating Kolkata Knight Riders would not be a cakewalk when they clash with them to snatch the last-available play-offs berth on Sunday. Hyderabad must beat KKR to make it to the knockout stage. "We got a day to rest and recover. KKR are not going come here and lie down. We know that. They are a proud team. Obviously, running champions. They...
01:13 PM, May 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid is extremely content with the way his players performed against Sunrisers Hyderabad following the shock spot-fixing scandal that engulfed his team. Rajasthan took field a day after three of their players were arrested by Delhi police on the charges of spot-fixing. "There is no point brushing things under the carpet. Tough couple of days for everyone concerned. But, I was happy the way boys...
01:01 PM, May 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody said the team was constantly looking to improve in all three departments of the game. He feels it is continuing process and doesn't stop with the team qualifying for semi-finals or finals. "We can always improve with bat, ball or fielding. I constantly said to the team that they should look to develop skills individually and also as a team," he said after...
11:42 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The current controversy of IPL spot-fixing isn't new in the long history of controversies faced by the 20-20 format since it started in India. Now as IPL spot-fixing threatens the credibility of Indian cricket itself, it's political masters have gone into silent mode. The IPL commissioner, Union Minister Rajeev Shukla, seen at most IPL matches, gave a quote to a news agency promising strongest possible action against guilty....
10:54 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League authorities have contacted all nine of its franchises and instructed them to speak to their players and reinforce the Code of Conduct, IPL sources told CNN-IBN on Saturday. The franchises have been asked to remind all the players that they have to abide by the Code of Conduct to prevent any unwanted incident from happening. The directive has come after three Rajasthan Royals' players...
10:51 AM, May 18, 2013
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore find themselves in a do-or-die situation after two back-to-back losses to Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab. Not only do they have to beat Chennai Super Kings handsomely on Saturday, but they need Sunrisers Hyderabad to lose their last match on Sunday. A seven-wicket loss to KXIP on Tuesday meant sure shot play-off berths for Chennai, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians, leaving three teams fighting...
10:37 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: 4:23 pm: Delhi Police sources say nobody has been given a clean chit in the IPL 6 spot-fixing case. However, they add that there is no plan to question the team owners. Sources also say raw footage of three Rajasthan Royals matches are being examined and bank accounts of players are being checked. 4:11 pm: Mumbai Police crime branch arrests another bookie from Mulund. 15 mobile phones have...
09:49 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Sources have told CNN-IBN that a Delhi Police team has been sent out to recover the money that two of three arrested Rajasthan Royals' players - Ajit Chandila and Sreesanth - had already received from the bookies in exchange for spot-fixing in IPL 6. Chandila, it is learned, got Rs. 20 lakh. Sreesanth also received some money, but the amount is unknown. Ankeet Chavan - the third Rajasthan...
09:43 AM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Condemning the spot-fixing in IPL matches, 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' co-stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone today said that the act was sad and shameful. "I am not cricket fan. It is a shameful act for cricket. Three people have been arrested... All this is not a good thing. IPL is a good platform, there are so many fans...It is a disappointing, shameful act," Ranbir told reporters here at...
09:24 AM, May 18, 2013
Suddenly I am curious about rotten apples and bad eggs. I wonder if they mutate into rottenness on their own. Or does the air and ...
08:25 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The IPL 6 spot-fixing stain is fast spreading and sources are saying the police are now focusing on the role of underworld and more players in the scandal. There have also been reports that spot-fixing might have taken place in previous IPL editions too. The Delhi Police Special cell, which brought the scandal to the limelight, is also looking for the money trails in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and New...
08:24 AM, May 18, 2013
