New Delhi: Welcoming the Justice R.S. Lodha committee verdict on the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting scandal, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Jagmohan Dalmiya on Tuesday said the board is “committed to honour and respect judicial decisions” but will go through the contents of the panel’s report before reacting to it.
“The BCCI is committed to honour and respect judicial decisions and it will give its observations after the entire report is read and a collective decision is taken,” Dalmiya was quoted as saying in a BCCI media release.
Dalmiya, however, asserted that the BCCI is committed to ensuring transparency, accountability and cleansing the sport in order to restore the faith and confidence of millions of cricket-loving people in the game of cricket in general and the IPL in particular.
Secretary Anurag Thakur said: “We respect the verdict and will undertake a collective decision in a transparent manner, in the right direction and in the larger interest of the game after the verdict is received and analysed.”
Chennai Super Kings, two-time champions in the IPL, and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the cash-rich league for two years for the betting activities of their key officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra respectively during the 2013 season.
Meiyappan, the former Team Principal of CSK, and Kundra, co-owner of the Rajasthan Royals, were suspended for life for indulging in betting and bringing the IPL and the game into disrepute.
