Mumbai, December 22 : A three-member disciplinary panel of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), headed by president Shashank Manohar, will meet this week to decide the fate of cricketers Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah, who have been alleged of trying to fix Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in 2013 and 2015 respectively. According to a BCCI source, the panel, which is to meet here on December 24, has the powers to impose punishment, including life bans on the cricketers accused of trying to spot-fix IPL games. Chandila was arrested by police for trying to spot-fix IPL games in 2013 along with his then Rajasthan Royals teammates S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, who both have been banned for life by the BCCI. The BCCI is yet to decide on the quantum of punishment to be awarded to Chandila, who has been suspended from the game since the scandal broke two years ago. The BCCI will also decide on the punishment to Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer Hiken Shah for his alleged breach of the Board’s anti-corruption code ahead of this year’s IPL. “Hiken Shah made a corrupt approach to one of his colleagues from first-class cricket, who is also a member of one of the IPL teams,” BCCI had said in a statement in July.
“The approached player immediately informed the incident to his franchise team. The franchise team followed the process of informing the incident to the Anti Corruption Unit of the BCCI. Based on the information, BCCI President, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya (now deceased), instructed ACU to conduct an immediate enquiry into the matter,” the statement said.
“After a detailed inquiry into the reported incident, the inquiry commissioner found Hiken Shah guilty of committing breach of Articles 2.1.1; 2.1.2; and 2.1.4 of the BCCI Anti-Corruption Code for participants and recommended their provisions to the BCCI President,” the statement added.
Shah is also under suspension pending the final decision by the disciplinary panel, which also has Jyotiraditya Scindia and Niranjan Shah as its members.
Courtesy : PTI