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Pravin Tambe was approached by Mumbai cricketer to fix games in IPL 8: report
Highlights
While the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League was largely controversy-free, a news of Rajasthan Royals’ player getting approached to fix games created a stir.
While the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League was largely controversy-free, a news of Rajasthan Royals’ player getting approached to fix games created a stir.
Although the player informed Board of Control for Cricket in India about the approach, his name did not come out then. However, as per the report in ‘Hindustan Times’, it was Rajasthan Royals’ leg-spinner Pravin Tambe who was approached by a Mumbai-based cricketer to change the outcome of the matches.
It is been more than two months since the incident came to light. But the investigators are yet to reveal who approached the Mumbai leggie.
The leg-spinner, as it is revelaed now, informed BCCI's Anti-corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) about the approach.
Confirming that a cricketer was indeed approached, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur had then said the player's action showed that the Board's efforts to educate players over perils of spot-fixing are paying off.
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Though Thakur did not reveal the identity of the player, Rajasthan Royals’ squad had five cricketers from Mumbai – Ajinkya Rahane, Pravin Tambe, Dinesh Salunkhe, Dhawal Kulkarni and Abhishek Nayar.
Rajasthan Royals, at the centre of the 2013 spot-fixing scandal as well, had also confirmed the development and promised zero tolerance.
Nitin Dalal, who was MCA treasurer then, had said that Mumbai Cricket Association would only know who the players are when the Indian cricket board revealed their names to them.
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