Asif Iqbal asks Bindra to come up with answers

DUBAI, APRIL 17: The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) Chief Co-ordinator Asif Iqbal has asked former cricket Board (BCCI) President I...

DUBAI, APRIL 17: The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) Chief Co-ordinator Asif Iqbal has asked former cricket Board (BCCI) President IS Bindra to `come up with answers’ instead of levelling allegations of match-fixing in a Sharjah one-dayer in 1998 and claimed the match could well have been fixed in India, the “Gulf News” reported on Monday.

“What is the former BCCI president trying to say? He should come up with the answeres. Who fixed the match: players or the Board? It could have been fixed in India. There is no way it (the accusation) points a finger at the organisers (CBFS),” Iqbal told the paper from London.

“Ever since the Cronje issue began people have been speculating. From all over the world allegations are being made on people. We would not like to be a party to it by reacting to such statements,” the paper quoted him as saying.

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Iqbal said CBFS “takes utmost care to check match-fixing. Team captains, managers, umpires and referees are told in pre-tournament meetings that they should report to the organisers if anyone approaches them with any offer.”

In the controversial 1998 tie, three Indian batsmen — Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja — were run out for 38, 11 and 11 respectively, the “Gulf News” said, adding India were all out for 181 and the Kiwis went on to win by four wickets.

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