Code of Conduct for players only after Govt approval

Code of Conduct for players only after Govt approval
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MUMBAI, JULY 24: Diluting its autonomy in the wake of the match-fixing scandal, the cricket board on Monday decided to enforce the new Code of Conduct for players only after getting approval from the government.

After the first meeting here of the special committee, formed by the board, its convenor Kishore Rungta told reporters, ``the draft of the code will be submitted to Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on August one and once the Minister approves the draft we will implement it in the very next series India takes part.

``There is nothing much I can tell you at the moment as the committee would be meeting again in Delhi on July 30 before the draft is submitted to the Minister,'' he added.

``The draft will be discussed at the Delhi meeting and its contents and the changes, if any, would be disclosed to the press by the Minister,'' Rungta said.

The other committee members who attended today's meeting were board secretary Jayawant Lele, Shankar Mohan, legal expert VB Subbarao and special invitee and former board president Raj Singh Dungarpur. Another member, Ashok Kumbhat, could not attend the meeting as he was not well.

Lele did not speak to the press.