IPL spot-fixing: Gurunath Meiyappan admits to betting, says report

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Board of Control for Cricket in India chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has reportedly admitted to betting in the Indian Premier League. Last month, the Chennai Super Kings team official was indicted for betting and sharing team information by an inquiry committee formed by the Supreme Court. The report, submitted by a three-member panel headed by retired Justice Mukul Mudgal, is scheduled for hearing in the apex court on Friday. Meiyappna, who was chargesheeted by the Mumbai police and even spent time in jail last year, had refused to depose before the Mudgal committee saying the case was sub-judice. The probe committee had spoken to officials, players, journalists and administrators associated with the IPL. A report on a whorl of malpractices, including spot-fixing and betting, was submitted on February 10 to the Supreme Court by the Mudgal committee. Mudgal was appointed to investigate the scandal after an internal probe ordered by the BCCI cleared Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra of corruption charges. Justice Mudgal's report said allegations of betting against Meiyappan stand proven. Meiyappan was accused of passing information to bookies and placing bets on IPL matches. Meiyappan was a team principal of two-time IPL champions CSK, which is owned by Srinivasan, a man who has headed the BCCI since 2011.

http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2014/news/221627-ipl-spot-fixing-gurunath-meiyappan-admits-to-betting

[bulbul]

So now they are diverting from bigger issues... Some one plz chk IPL rules..Clause for behavior of team owners may have vanished now .

[velu]

as fars as i know , long back he admitted that he did bet ( and lost money what a fool ) .. problem is only when he admits that he did fix the match .. again don mama will counter him easily :bandit:

[Sachin=GOD]

Firstpost ‏@firstpostin BCCI files affidavit in SC on Mudgal report, pleads apex court not to release contents of sealed envelope So the BCCI does know whose names are there in that envelope. M$D....

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Firstpost ‏@firstpostin BCCI files affidavit in SC on Mudgal report, pleads apex court not to release contents of sealed envelope So the BCCI does know whose names are there in that envelope. M....

Has to be M$D and Raina...

[bulbul]

^nothing is going to happen even if Court reveals it...it cannot be proven. Also they can drag it forever by appealing.

[velu]

[bulbul]

No need to worry Velu,youe idol will escape without any issues ......

[velu]

No need to worry Velu' date='youe idol will escape without any issues ......[/quote'] who .. sreeni or mei .. don is safer than obama :giggle:

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SC to hear IPL corruption case on March 25 http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/current/story/725917.html The Supreme Court has deferred to March 25 the hearing on the case relating to corruption in the IPL, including arguments over the findings of the Mudgal Commission report, which was submitted to the court on February 10. It is believed that the BCCI, one of the respondents in the case, will argue for the court to keep to itself the contents of a sealed envelope handed over by the Mudgal committee to the two-judge bench of AK Patnaik and JS Khehar. The report said the committee had come across "many allegations of sporting fraud" and had forwarded the allegations in the sealed envelope - to be opened and read only by the judges - "in view of the sensitive nature of the information being provided". The BCCI's submission was that the court not divulge the contents of the envelope as such a step could potentially cause "damage to the "reputation" of cricketers and the BCCI. "It is most humbly submitted that the material contained in the sealed cover remain with the Hon'ble Court and not be released to the parties," the BCCI's submission said. "Speculative and baseless charges against leading cricketers have already been made by unscrupulous news channels under the guise of "Sting Operations". Speculation is rife that the sealed cover contains names of some current member of the National Team. The Hon'ble Court would kindly take steps to staunch any further damage to the image under reputation of innocent cricketers and the BCCI by passing appropriate orders and thereby render justice," the BCCI said. In the 33-page response, the BCCI agreed with the most of the recommendations made by the Mudgal committee. There were two notable objections: One, that the IPL be run as a standalone commercial entity with a governing body formed by franchise representatives, BCCI members, broadcasters and independent professional directors. The BCCI disagreed, saying it was not prudent to have members on the governing body who were not part of the BCCI and who may have "representative interests other than the aims and objectives of the BCCI".
Another important recommendation it rejected was to avoid employment of players by the companies owning the franchises they played for. The three-member committee, led by former High Court judge Mukul Mudgal, concluded that Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of N Srinivasan, BCCI president and owner of Chennai Super Kings, had indulged in betting and passing information during matches in last year's IPL as alleged. The inquiry panel also said that Meiyappan was actually part of the Super Kings franchise at the time and not just an "enthusiast" as claimed by Srinivasan. The panel also pulled up Raj Kundra, a co-owner in the Rajasthan Royals franchise, for "resorting to" placing bets through a bookie, who had made statements to a Delhi court earlier. Last July, a two-member BCCI-appointed panel comprising a pair of retired judges (T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian) had found "no evidence of any wrongdoing" on the part of Gurunath and Kundra. However, the Mudgal panel pointed out that the question of whether or not Gurunath had been involved in match-fixing and spot-fixing "not been investigated thoroughly" by the anti-corruption units of the ICC and the BCCI or the Crime Branch Criminal Investigation Department of the Chennai police, "even though some information was available for such an investigation to be conducted." Gurunath had already admitted to betting in his statement to the Mumbai Police, which had originally arrested him last year. His recorded statement was part of the Mumbai Police chargesheet. The audiotapes have not been submitted to the court yet because they have gone for forensic testing. The other two members of the Mudgal panel are additional solicitor general L Nageswara Rao and Assam Cricket Association member Nilay Dutta. The panel was set up by the Supreme Court in October 2013 to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations of corruption against Gurunath, the Super Kings team owner India Cements, and Rajasthan Royals team owner Jaipur IPL Cricket Private Ltd, as well as with the larger mandate of allegations around betting and spot-fixing in IPL matches and the involvement of players. The case dates back to last June when the Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma raised charges of conflict of interest in the formation of BCCI's two-member inquiry panel. A Bombay High Court ruling later termed the probe panel "illegal". The BCCI and the CAB filed petitions in the Supreme Court against this order, with the CAB contending that the Bombay High Court could have suggested a fresh mechanism to look into the corruption allegations.

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Why SC is delaying the judgement? :mad: Judges are having at the expense of Indian cricket...

[zep1706]

There is only one player whose alleged involvement in fixing can cause irreparable damage to both BCCI and CSK and that player is not Raina. I fear the worst.

[asterix]

There is only one player whose alleged involvement in fixing can cause irreparable damage to both BCCI and CSK and that player is not Raina. I fear the worst.

Everybody knows that player, whether BCCI tries to hide it or not... Shame on that player and his fans...

[zep1706]

I hope the SC rejects BCCI's appeal and releases the names of the players.

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BCCI have pleaded that the names are not revealed in public as it will cause damage BCCI to SC: Don't make players' names public http://www.hindustantimes.com/sports-news/cricketnews/bcci-to-sc-don-t-make-players-names-public/article1-1191934.aspx Worried about repercussions if contents of a sealed envelope handed over to the Supreme Court by the Justice Mudgal Commission is made public, the BCCI on Thursday requested the court not to release it to parties connected with an ongoing Public Interest Litigation on the IPL controversy. The Board filed its response to the recommendations made by the Mudgal panel – which probed the IPL corruption scandal — to the court through secretary Sanjay Patel. The Apex Court is scheduled to resume hearing on IPL corruption on Friday, based on the findings of the Commission. The sealed envelope was submitted by the Mudgal panel members along with the report. Still reeling from the spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI, in its response, said: "Speculation is rife that sealed cover contains names of some current members of the national team. The Honourable Court would kindly take steps to staunch any further damage to the image and reputation of innocent cricketers and the BCCI, by passing appropriate orders and thereby render justice. "Speculative and baseless charges against leading cricketers have already been made by unscrupulous news channels under the guise of sting operation," the response argued. The BCCI's 33-page response to the court on the Mudgal findings and recommendations also defended Gurunath Meiyappan, whom his father-in-law, BCCI president, N Srinivasan, described as an enthusiast. Meiyappan has been charged by the Mumbai police over illegal betting. While the Board has accepted most of the recommendations made by the Commission, it has not agreed with a few, including the one which suggested that employment of the players in the franchise group companies should be avoided. The BCCI argued that this will mean doing away with the ultimate purpose of encouraging a sport. Several India players, including skipper MS Dhoni, are employed by India Cements, which is owned by BCCI president N Srinivasan. The Board has also attempted to duck a recommendation suggesting that players should not be allowed to own any stake or interest in players' agencies. It has said the provision will have to be incorporated in the players' contracts and it will examine the feasibility and act accordingly. The issue has been a highlighted after reports that an India skipper owned stake in a firm which manages several top cricketers.

[zep1706]

Everybody knows that player' date=' whether BCCI tries to hide it or not... Shame on that player and his fans...[/quote'] As a fan of Indian cricket I hope it's not true, but if anyone is involved in fixing I hope it comes out in public.

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As a fan of Indian cricket I hope it's not true' date=' but if anyone is involved in fixing I hope it comes out in public.[/quote'] Now that BCCI has opposed the release of the name, it is true.. Whether Court releases the name or not... That player and his fans should hang their heads in shame... They should quit playing and following cricket...

[CSK Fan]

as fars as i know , long back he admitted that he did bet ( and lost money what a fool ) .. problem is only when he admits that he did fix the match .. again don mama will counter him easily :bandit:

No, according to rules of IPL it's illegal to bet and if team owner does it, the entire team can be disqualified

[bulbul]

^ Do you think that rule still exists :giggle:

[velu]

No' date=' according to rules of IPL it's illegal to bet and if team owner does it, the entire team can be disqualified[/quote'] Fair enough .. That makes csk invalid But fixing is a serious problem which I don't think sil has agreed.