New Delhi: 9.20 pm: Rajasthan Royals issued a statement saying its management and team members and other staff were shocked at the spot-fixing incident involving three of its players. The statement added it had launched an internal probe into the incident. 8.01 pm: The Delhi Police said it has no reasons to interrogate cricketer Rahul Dravid or Rajasthan Royals owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty in connection with the spot-fixing...
08:54 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police's Special Cell sources have told CNN-IBN that arrested Rajasthan Royals player Sreesanth is now cooperating with investigation after being defiant during questioning on Thursday. While the bookies talk, sources questioning them say the players though are very quiet and it's taking them time to get through to them. The players, according the sources, are feeling embarrassed. CNN-IBN has also learned that bookies made a lot of...
08:46 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: One of the 11 bookies arrested so far in the latest IPL spot-fixing scandal is named Amit Singh - a former Rajasthan Royals player who was released by the franchise as latest as last year, ESPNCricinfo reported on Thursday. Amit, a fast bowler who also represented Gujarat in the Ranji Trophy in the 2012-13 season, was in the Rajasthan Royals' squad from 2009 to 2012 and played 23...
08:29 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after three Rajasthan Royals players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - were arrested and suspended for alleged spot-fixing, the Delhi Police special cell is set to question the arrested bookies for more details. Sources say more than 15 other matches played in IPL 6 are under the radar and this includes teams apart from Rajasthan Royals. Police sources also say they have taped...
07:52 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Indian pace bowler S Sreesanth, who along with others, is embroiled in a spot-fixing controversy that has rocked the ongoing IPL, on Thursday claimed in a Delhi court that he is innocent and was framed in the scandal. Opposing Delhi police's plea seeking seven-day custodial interrogation of all the accused, advocate Deepak Prakash, who appeared for Sreesanth, told reporters that he told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma...
09:50 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Excerpts of tapped conversations between bookies and IPL cricketers read out by Delhi Police during a press conference here announcing the arrest of three players and 11 bookies allegedly involved in spot-fixing: The first conversation was before a match between Pune Warriors and Rajasthan Royals on May five allegedly between player Ajit Chandila and a bookie Amit: Chandila: Yes, tell me brother. Let me go. I will give...
08:45 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Indicating an underworld connection to the spot-fixing scandal in Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said on Thursday details of involvement of bookies and players started coming out while underworld elements were being investigated in March. "We started investigating the bookies in April. Our teams were present at the IPL grounds," he told CNN-IBN. Underscoring the seriousness of the scandal, in which three Rajasthan Royals...
08:37 PM, May 16, 2013
Fixing is nothing new to either Indian or international cricket? How can a proper mechanism be devised to clean up the sport? Cricket analyst Ayaz Memon joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Don't you think self-regulation can't work when it comes to BCCI? Isn't that an oxymoron? Don't we need a sports regulator? Asked by: Animesh Saha A. I am not sure how a sports regulator...
06:37 PM, May 16, 2013
How do these arrests affect the credibility of the IPL? The league has already received flak from international press for even allowing sitting BCCI officials to own and operate teams? Does this affect the credibility of BCCI and Indian cricket too? Lawyer Rahul Mehra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. I think we are going to get more shocking revelation from Sreesanth..think will get more high...
06:33 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Former BCCI president Sharad Pawar on Thursday demanded "strict action" against three cricketers allegedly involved in spot-fixing in the IPL if they are found guilty, saying such incidents bring "disrepute" to the game. "Somebody who associates himself with match-fixing, I think strict action should be taken against these set of players. They bring disrepute to the game and the nation. BCCI should take strict action against the players...
02:49 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai Indians all-rounder Kieron Pollard's over-the-top celebration to send off Rajasthan Royals batsman Shane Watson in an IPL match here has invited strong criticism from visiting team's skipper Rahul Dravid who termed it as an "act of cowardice". "One of the things that I find when you send off batsman after you have got him out is that it is an act of cowardice. That is my opinion. Batsman can...
02:37 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: His team will not get the home advantage in the IPL play-off stage, but Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is unfazed, insisting that his side is good enough to be a winner anywhere. 'We will be playing out now. Each and every game from now (is away from home) We just want to play to our strengths and we have the potential to play anywhere and beat anyone. It...
02:33 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: According to latest developments in the spot-fixing scandal that came back to haunt the IPL, one of the eight bookies arrested by Delhi Police, Jiju Janardhanan, has turned out to be the cousin of Rajasthan Royals' bowler S Sreesanth who along with team-mates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila was also arrested earlier on Thursday. Investigations done so far by the police have revealed Janardhanan was also an under-22...
02:18 PM, May 16, 2013
Rajasthan Royals' players Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, along with fast bowler S Sreesanth, were on Thursday arrested by Delhi Police on charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL edition. The little-known Chandila made headlines by becoming the first bowler in the IPL history to take a hat-trick, but the recent spot-fixing cloud has put a serious question mark over the credibility of the offspinner's performance. Chavan, who is left-arm...
11:59 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: India fast bowler Sreesanth and two other Rajasthan Royals players - Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila - were on Tuesday arrested by the Delhi Police on charges of spot-fixing. Spot-fixing is different from match-fixing in that it relates to isolated incidents as opposed to the entire result of the match. For example, a no-ball, wide, type of delivery or mode of dismissal. This does not require several or...
11:50 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: India fast bowler Sreesanth has had repeated run-ins with match officials for his inability to control his behavior on the field, and following the news of his arrest in New Delhi on Thursday for spot-fixing allegations here is a look at his list of disciplinary troubles, both on the domestic circuit and internationally. Early signs of aggression Sreesanth first made headlines during the 2005-06 Challenger Trophy, a domestic...
11:07 AM, May 16, 2013
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who lost their appeal at the Court of Abritration for Sport against spot-fixing bans, were the first players with team-mate Mohammad Amir to be punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Players implicated in corruption cases: Life bans May 2000: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik banned for life by a judicial inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum. Malik was...
10:49 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: S Sreesanth and two other Rajasthan Royals players Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, along with 11 bookies, were arrested by Delhi Police earlier on Thursday on charges of spot-fixing - with the latest reports revealing one of the bookies Jiju Janardhanan to be Sreesanth's cousin and one of the key suspects. The Special Cell of the Delhi Police arrested Sreesanth and the other two cricketers last night from...
09:25 AM, May 16, 2013
That Rajasthan Royals would join IPL heavyweights Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians as this season's first play-off entrants with two matches still to play is an achievement not entirely expected at the start of IPL 6. Lacking superstar power - their No. 1 player is Australian allrounder Shane Watson - and led by a retired 40-year-old expert technician in Rahul Dravid, the Jaipur-based franchise have defied the odds to...
08:04 AM, May 16, 2013
