Rajasthan Royals, BCCI confirm Indian Express report, say player was approached to fix IPL 8 matches

RR lauded the awareness of the player to immediately report the incident to the concerned authorities.

The BCCI will initiate an inquiry into the match-fixing approach and will take proper action, the Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Friday.

“Let me go through the reports. There’s no question of sitting idle on it. We will initiate an inquiry and guilty will be punished. Operation clean-up tops my agenda,” Dalmiya told The Indian Express. He also lauded the Rajasthan Royals player who came forward and informed the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit about the approach made by a Ranji team mate to play to a “pre-decided plan” in IPL 8.

The Indian Express broke the story on Friday and Rajasthan Royals confirmed the report with their CEO Raghu Iyer saying: “Over a month ago, a player from Rajasthan Royals was approached inappropriately by a player in connection with the Indian Premier League 2015 matches. Maintaining high standards of integrity, the player informed the Rajasthan Royals management of this inappropriate approach. In keeping with applicable IPL Regulations, Rajasthan Royals management immediately reported the incident to the Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) of the BCCI.”

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BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, too, confirmed the incident.

Players are alert & they know wat is to be done due to our regular education efforts @BCCI. @PTI_News @ANI_news

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) April 10, 2015

A player ws approachd & he immediately intimatd @BCCI anti corruption unit.Glad tht BCCI educatn policy showing positive results. @ANI_news

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) April 10, 2015