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 contemplate handing out life bans on the basis of preliminary report by its anti-corruption unit. The Board's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani is also expected to be present at the meeting and brief the members on the issue which has cast a shadow on the league.
With one controversy after another rocking the league since its inception in 2008, the working committee will discuss at length, measures to restore the event's credibility.
BCCI President N Srinivasan and IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla have also promised stringent action against those found guilty and it remains to be seen whether immediate punishments are handed down even though the inquiry report is still awaited. Sawani has been given 30 days time to submit his preliminary report but some Board members are in no mood to wait for so long and are pressing for a strong message to be sent out immediately....
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02:41 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Indian Premier League Chairman Rajeev Shukla Friday warned of "strongest possible action" against those players found guilty of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league. Reacting to the sensational arrest of Indian paceman S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates -- Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila -- Shukla said that the development has come as a shock for the organisers. The three Rajasthan Royals...
06:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Former captain Dilip Vengsarkar has written to the BCCI, requesting them to slot an "additional final" of the Indian Premier League in the city to raise help funds for the drought-hit people of Maharashtra. "The BCCI, in the past, has always come forward and helped in such matters. I earnestly request you to arrange for an additional final of the T20 league on May 28 to be played either...
03:52 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The IPL Governing Council is likely to shift the Qualifier and Eliminator matches from Chennai in order to allow respective teams with Sri Lankan players, freedom to choose their best playing eleven. The members of the IPL governing council will be meeting in Chennai on Monday to decide the fate of the first Qualifier at the Chepauk on May 21 and the Eliminator on the following day. "The...
11:49 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Shukla feels that Tendulkar should be allowed to retire on his own terms considering the huge contribution the veteran batsman has made to Indian cricket. ...
04:58 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Shukla said that franchises wanted to only fill specific slots in their squads, adding that a full-fledged auction will be held next year. ...
05:39 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Accusing BJP of creating "instability" in Karnataka, Union Minister Rajeev Shukla said the current political situation has hurt the financial interests of the state on February 2. "The ongoing political crisis in Karnataka highlights the sorry state of affairs precipitated by an incompetent BJP government, which has been more focused in pulling out all stops to manufacture an artificial majority in the Assembly rather than providing effective governance to the...
06:41 PM, Feb 02, 2013
"Indian Hockey League is being run by responsible people and they understand the public sentiments," said IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, who is also a member of Hockey India League's Governing Council. ...
07:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
New Delhi: Despite several disruptions over FDI in retail and promotion quota bill issues, the Winter Session of Parliament (Nov 22-Dec 20) was better than the previous Monsoon Session, during which 13 out of 20 days were washed out to protests over faulty coal block allocations, the government said Thursday. "This was a better session," Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari told IANS. "It was a fruitful session as key...
11:14 AM, Dec 21, 2012
The participation of Pakistani players in the auction will be decided by the governing council at its next meeting. ...
06:50 PM, Nov 21, 2012
The Andhra Pradesh High Court said the on Azhar ban was unsustainable. ...
05:27 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The five venues for the limited-overs series in December-January are Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. ...
04:03 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Now the IPL team has time till September 15 to sort out its financial mess. ...
10:20 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla says that BCCI is satisfied with the improvement Yuvraj Singh is showing ...
03:40 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Reacting to senior BJP leader LK Advani's comments on his blog on Sunday, whereby he wrote that a non-BJP, non-Congress PM was 'feasible' in 2014, the Congress said that it was nothing but an admission of defeat. "He has conceded defeat. He has said that a BJP prime minister cannot be made in the 2014 General Elections," said Congress leader Rajeev Shukla. "I hope that history repeats itself...
01:04 PM, Aug 05, 2012
Although this year's IPL drew massive crowds, it was rocked by a spate of controversies involving franchise owners as well as players. ...
01:10 PM, Jun 01, 2012
The BCCI made one-time payment to former Indian cricketers from the IPL surplus and Kapil's omission created a flutter. ...
03:52 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley, BSP supremo Mayawati, Union ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh and Rajeev Shukla, and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi and actor Jaya Bachchan were among the 50 new members who took oath in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Jaitley, who was re-elected to the Upper House from Gujarat, was the first to be called to take oath. After taking oath in Hindi, he greeted Prime Minister Manmohan...
04:09 PM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Monday claimed it will play a crucial role in formation of the next government in Uttar Pradesh and dismissed as personal views Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's suggestions for a tie-up with BSP. "We will cross the bridge when we come to it. The results have not yet come...," Congress leader and Union Minister Rajeev Shukla told reporters on the sidelines of an All-party meeting...
03:51 PM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Moving up the corridors of power, journalist-turned-politician Rajeev Shukla makes his debut in the Manmohan Singh ministry as the new Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. Known for his good relations with leaders across the political spectrum, Shukla will need to do some deft handling of Opposition parties gearing up to confront the Government on a host of issues in the Monsoon session of Parliament starting on August...
08:56 PM, Jul 12, 2011
