RR & CSK suspended for 2 years. Kundra Meiyappan banned for life

[Malcolm Merlyn]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha Committee is all set to render its verdict and announce the quantum of punishment for Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra and their respective Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises vis-a-vis the spot fixing and betting scandal that rocked the Twenty20 tournament in 2013. The Lodha Committee will decide the punishment for Gurunath Meiyappan and CSK. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team official Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Kundra were found guilty of betting in the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 cricket tournament. In a press release, the Committee said: “The verdict of the Justice Lodha Committee is to be rendered on Tuesday 14th July at Silver Oak-II in the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road. This will be at 1:00 pm.†The Supreme Court on January 22 had set up the committee comprising former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha, former Justice Ashok Bhan and former Justice R. Raveendran to determine appropriate punishments for Meiyappan, Kundra and their respective franchises. In March, the panel had also issued showcause notices to Meiyappan and Kundra seeking their reply on the quantum of punishment. Meiyappan is the son-in-law of former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and current International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N. Srinivasan.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/supreme-court-appointed-lodha-committee-to-give-ipl-betting-verdict-on-14-july-2338650.html I sincerely request every admin to please un ban Velu on this auspicious occassion.

[Number]

At what time is the verdict coming out ??

[diga]

^ kuch nahi hoga.. mama has reconciled with Dalmiya. http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/n-srinivasan-buries-hatchet-with-rivals-set-to-stay-icc-chief/ sub mile hain

[diga]

cricinfo has a live blog on the lodha report with pics of Sreesanth standing next to his new Jaguar:giggle: http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/898441.html

[diga]

proposes ban on CSK for 2 years :two_thumbs_up:

[jashan83]

Meiyappan and Raj Kundra banned for life CSK suspended for 2 years RR will most likely have the same fate So a 6 team IPL next time?

[diga]

Waiting for any vishesh tippani on MSD

[Shivaji bhonsle]

CSK & RR suspended for 2 years. News just coming in...lol

[G_B_]

so these csk players they free to move on or?

[tweaker]

They deserve it

[Scarves]

!!!

[Debutant]

This is surprising :ohmy:

[asterix]

Just 2 years? Should've been banned..,

[diga]

On Sundar Raman, we feel that investigation requires more work: Justice Lodha

Not for us to say if the CSK team can continue playing if India Cements sells its share in the team - Lodha

[Soorma_Bhopali]

All the players should be re-auctioned. This is something like a breakup of CSK and RR as we know . I am not sure whether they can reach such heights as a team again just as breakp of Chicago bulls did.

[G_B_]

so this is like a non binding opinion or?

[Old guy]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/898441.html

[diga]

so these csk players they free to move on or?

Players are free. They will not be attached to a particular team of the franchise that is suspended: Justice Lodha

[Austin 3:!6]

Can players play for other franchicies? I mean the likes of Raina, Faf, Dhoni, Nehra, Bravo, Watson, Rahane etc. are top players in T20's. Why should they suffer for deeds of others?

[diga]

@mods: merge this thread too http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=327420