New Delhi: Under fire ever since IPL spot-fixing scandal broke out, Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) is now facing tough questions about brand IPL and its credibility and sanctity in the world of cricket. CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar interviews BCCI's President N Srinivasan.
Here's the transcript of the full interview:
Karan Thapar: Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate and a special interview with the president of the BCCI N Srinivasan. Mr Srinivasan would you accept that the fact that three, may be more, cricketers from Rajasthan Royals are accused of spot-fixing has badly damaged the credibility of the IPL, both as a brand and as a tournament?
N Srinivasan: I think it is a big generalisation. I mean, we have to admit the fact that three players have been arrested. At the same time, their lawyers are saying that they are innocent. I think we should also wait and see if Delhi Police prove, establish and substantiate whatever allegations they have made. ...
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11:59 PM, May 18, 2013
Delhi Police's Special Commissioner of the Special Cell SN Srivastava, while commenting on the probe into the IPL 6 spot-fixing case, said all the accused are cooperating and have given police enough lead to go ahead and unearth greater conspiracy. "We have enough evidence to nail Sreesanth and all the others," he said. ...
10:09 PM, May 18, 2013
In another revelation in the spot-fixing scandal, sources close to Delhi police told CNN-IBN that some taped phone conversations have revealed that tainted trio at times were threatened by the bookies. Despite Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan willingly participating in spot-fixing, sometimes bookies threatened them. The three Rajasthan players were paid in cash as well as in kind, police source added. Trio were spending the money received by bookies...
09:26 PM, May 18, 2013
Mirzapur: Echoing demands raised in various quarters after the spot fixing expose, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday termed the IPL a mere buffoonery and said its time the league should be banned. "This league should be put to an end. IPL is not a sport but a mere 'tamasha' (buffoonery) and fixing has put a blot on it," Chouhan, who was here on a religious trip,...
08:46 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: For fast bowler S Sreesanth, it was two days of sleepless nights and no bath as the disgraced cricketer was not "comfortable" with the bathroom. Alone in the small cell of the Delhi Police, he mostly looks glum, depressed and breaks down often during questioning, police sources said on Saturday. On the second day of questioning by the interrogators of the Delhi Police Special Cell, which busted the...
08:44 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday despatched teams to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Hyderabad to track the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case even as it conducted raids for the second time at the Faridabad residence of Ajit Chandila, one of the three arrested cricketers. Investigators are also looking into the bank accounts of the players to trace the flow of money and are trying to find out how...
08:18 PM, May 18, 2013
London: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is set to interrogate Rajasthan Royals' English recruit Owais Shah as a precautionary measure in the wake of the recent spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the ongoing Indian Premier League. Former England batsman Shah, a member of Rajasthan Royals which is at the centre of a major investigation by Delhi police after three of the team's players were arrested earlier this week...
08:05 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: In fresh trouble for pacer Sreesanth, Mumbai police's crime branch may book him in a spot fixing case registered by it and seek his custodial interrogation, Joint Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy said on Saturday. Roy said permission of a competent court has been secured for obtaining "mirror images" of a laptop computer, an ipad and mobile phone seized from a room in a 5 star hotel in Bandra on...
07:04 PM, May 18, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Saturday arrested another bookie named Ramesh Vyas in connection with the recently surfaced spot-fixing scandal involving three Rajasthan Royals players - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. Police seized 92 mobile phones, 18 sim cards from Vyas, who was said to have links with bookies involved in the spot-fixing scandal. "We have arrested a bookie named Ramesh Vyas and seized 92 mobile phones, 18 sim cards...
05:10 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
New Delhi: BCCI President N Srinivasan came down hard on the players arrested in the spot-fixing case, telling CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar that those found guilty should be sent to jail, while vehemently denying that the Indian Premier League was fixed. "Every punishment is little for them. If these players are found guilty they should not be allowed to play cricket any more .... They should be sent to jail. This...
02:46 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
Mumbai: Even as the BCCI grapples with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, its General Manager (game development), Ratnakar Shetty, said cricket is not the only game faced with a problem as all other sports in the country are battling "crisis" situations of their own. Speaking at the India Sports Forum 36, Shetty said a clean-up is required of all the sports in the country. "Indian sports is at a very important...
02:25 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. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
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. Here are the excerpts: CNN-IBN: Your first reaction, four cricketers in police custody, answering questions from police interrogators. There's s much alleged stories about them having nexus with the under-world, what is...
01:43 PM, 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
New Delhi: 6:45 pm: Delhi Police say phone transcripts show bookies threatened cricketers. 5:35 pm: Delhi Police claim Rajasthan Royal player Ajit Chandila has confessed to spot-fixing in IPL 5 during his interrogation. 4:58 pm: Rs 72000 recovered from Sreesanth's hotel room, say Mumbai Police. They also say Sreesanth did not stay with the team and stayed in a different hotel. 4:47 pm: Police are in the process of retrieving...
09:49 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
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
