adminNEW DELHI. — The Indian cricket board yesterday decided to recommend to the Supreme Court a three-man panel to probe a spot-fixing scandal that hit the Indian Premier League, an official said.
The Supreme Court had last week asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India to provide details of how it planned to conduct a fresh probe into the scandal, or face investigation by a court-appointed tribunal.
BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel declined to reveal the names in the proposed panel, saying they will be handed to the court at the next hearing today.
But the Press Trust of India and TV channels said the panel will comprise former captain and commentator Ravi Shastri, Jai Narain Patel, an ex- chief justice of the Kolkata Hight Court, and R.K. Raghavan, who earlier headed the federal Central Bureau of Investigation.
Lawyers for the BCCI will put forward the three names today, hoping the court will accept the proposal to prevent an outside agency from interfering in the case.
The apex court had last week rejected N. Srinivasan’s plea to reinstate him as BCCI chief, saying he had effectively turned a blind eye to allegations of wrongdoing in the IPL.
The court said Srinivasan — who is due to take over as chairman of the International Cricket Council in July — was among 13 people listed in a damning report by a previous court-appointed panel. — AFP.
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