Ganguly gets clean chit on endorsements

8220;Reports of the clause which talked about more incentives for time spent at the crease are baseless and unfounded. There is nothing objectionable,8221; Shukla said. BCCI president Sharad Pawar had stirred a hornet8217;s nest two days ago by telling a news channel he had received complaints that a player8217;s contract had a clause which calculated his earnings based on the time spent at the crease.

A newspaper report today said that Pawar was hinting at Ganguly8217;s contract. 8220;Sourav contacted the BCCI headquarters about these reports mentioning his name in the controversy and offered to show the contract papers,8221; Shukla said.

8220;On behalf of Pawar, I went through his contract papers and after that, I am of the view that no such clause exist. In fact, the BCCI president wanted to go through the process so that Ganguly8217;s name is cleared,8221; he said. Shukla also said that Pawar had not taken the name of any player in his interview and was only referring to some 8220;allegation.8221;