New Delhi: There's trouble for the arrested cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the IPL spot-fixing case. Prosecution has invoked the harsh Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against them. MCOCA is one of the most stringent laws. It provides for any confession made in front of the DCP in Delhi or the SP in any other state to be accepted as evidence. The MCOCA charge is...
01:14 PM, Jun 04, 2013
Mumbai: After almost two weeks of being in police custody in the IPL betting case, BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Dara Singh were on Tuesday granted bail by a Mumbai court. All others arrested by the Mumbai Police in the betting scandal including bookies Ramesh Vyas, Alpesh Patel and Prem Tarneja have also been granted bail. The court has granted them conditional bail on sureties...
11:43 AM, Jun 04, 2013
A six-city opinion poll has shown that the overwhelming response from citizens to the BCCI and Indian cricket is one of disillusionment. ...
10:12 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The new week begins with a massive challenge confronting the officials of the BCCI. Credibility is at an all time low with the faith of fans shattered. After the heat and dust of Sunday's meet, officials of the Indian cricket board are crossing their fingers for a period of calm. The President still holds his position, but questions remain if he is really marginalised or will N Srinivasan...
08:37 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in the eye of a fresh storm after a newspaper report claimed he held shares in a player management company. Despite a clarification, questions remain on whether Dhoni is in fact part-owner of a business that manages Indian cricketers and also looks after Chennai Super Kings' marketing - and how much of a conflict of interest would this be. ...
08:27 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The bail pleas of suspended cricketer S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and 12 other accused in the IPL spot-fixing case will come up in Delhi's Saket court on Tuesday. This after the court extended Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila's judicial remand by a day on Monday. The Delhi Police had initially asked for an extension of up to June 5, which was dismissed by the court. Bookies Ashwani Aggarwal and...
07:46 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI Working Group chief Jagmohan Dalmiya on Monday rubbished talks of he being a proxy of N Sinivasan, who stepped aside as Board President, without any power as "wishful thinking", saying that his actions would show the real picture. Asked about criticism by detractors that he would be Srinivasan's proxy, Dalmiya said, "That is probably a wishful thinking. I will show what it is." He said Sanjay Jagdale...
11:21 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Cardiff: Former ICC president David Morgan on Monday said N Srinivasan did the right thing by stepping aside as BCCI president till a probe into his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's involvement in betting is completed. "It does seem to be quite a confused situation (at BCCI). I believe that Srinivasan stepping aside has done the right thing and quite clearly there are many talented administrators in the BCCI who can help...
11:05 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Pakistan on Monday alleged one of its diplomats and his driver were assaulted by a group of people in New Delhi and called for an investigation into the matter by the Indian government. "This evening an unfortunate incident took place with a diplomat and official of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi in which both were assaulted by a group of people," the Foreign Office spokesman said...
10:37 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI meet at Chennai was "more perfectly fixed" than any IPL match because it was done "not by the bookies, but by the bosses", Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said on Monday amid criticism of the cricket body's functioning. "People say the BCCI meet in Chennai was more perfectly fixed than any IPL match because it was done not by the bookies but by the bosses", the Congress leader...
10:05 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: The IPL 6 spot-fixing and betting controversy has raised many questions about the BCCI as well as the current state of Indian cricket, and as revealed by an opinion poll conducted by CNN-IBN recently, the overwhelming response is one of disillusionment towards the governing body of the sport in India. The poll, conducted among residents of six cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai - on...
09:00 PM, Jun 03, 2013
A newspaper reported on Monday that MS Dhoni has a 15 per cent stake in Rhiti Sports - a sports marketing firm, and that has put the India captain in an uncomfortable position. CNN-IBN discusses the matter. ...
08:44 PM, Jun 03, 2013
CNN-IBN discusses whether BCCI interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya can solve the current crisis in Indian cricket. ...
08:38 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI will have to search for a new interim secretary and treasurer after Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke refused to reconsider their resignation tendered in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked Indian cricket. "They (Jagdale and Shirke) have informed that they are not coming back," joint secretary Anurag Thakur told PTI Monday. With Jagdale and Shirke's refusal to come back, it will be a...
07:17 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Kolkata: In his first press conference as BCCI interim president, Jagmohan Dalmiya showed his ambitious side saying he is not averse to representing the board in the International Cricket Council (ICC). "As of now I am entitled to represent India in the ICC. I will decide who will represent the BCCI in the ICC," Dalmiya told reporters here on Monday. Dalmiya, who was chosen as interim president on Sunday after...
07:05 PM, Jun 03, 2013
The IPL spot-fixing saga has brought out the muck that runs through cricket administration in India, the franchise owners, etc. Cricketnext founder Sanjay Jha joined IBNLive readers in an interaction on whether the time has come to take Indian cricket out of the hands of BCCI. Q. Hi Sanjay, why this only now? It was ruled Mumbai club..then Kolkata took over..now its Chennai's turn..but in this case, Srinivasan is yet...
06:07 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Chandigarh: Punjab Cricket Association President I S Bindra Monday said that he fully stood by his claim that Sri Lankan Board had withdrawn a report which had mentioned an Indian player allegedly violating anti-corruption rules during the 2010 tour on pressure from the BCCI. "I have seen the press release issued by Sri Lankan Board of June 3 contradicting my assertion made in my blog dated 1st June. I reiterate...
06:03 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Alleged bookie Kishore Badlani was on Monday arrested by the Mumbai police in the IPL betting scandal and remanded in police custody till June 6 by a local court. Badlani alias Kishore Pune was detained this morning by the police's crime branch at the international airport and later arrested and produced before a metropolitan magistrate this afternoon. Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani is believed to be one of the...
04:45 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Terming the BCCI's Emergent Working Committee meeting in Chennai a sham, former spin legend Erapalli Prasanna on Monday said that money is ruling the sport now and it is no more a gentleman's game. "The entire controversy is not going to affect the popularity of cricket in India as we have seen packed stadiums in IPL. Followers of the game are immense here but I can see the...
04:41 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who returned to the BCCI corridors of power on Sunday by taking over the duties of the cricketing body's president, will also handle the duties of the treasurer and the secretary, sources said on Monday. The two posts were vacated by Ajay Shirke and Sanjay Jagdale, who rejected the requests of BCCI board members to come back and are unlikely to return. In effect, Dalmiya will...
04:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
