Madhavan may suggest punishments

Madhavan may suggest punishments
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

DUBAI, NOVEMBER 23: Cricket Board President A C Muthiah has said BCCI internal inquiry into match-fixing allegations by former CBI Joint Director K Madhavan is likely to suggest punishments to the guilty players though Madhavan himself has said it is for the Board to decide on the punishments.

‘‘The (Madhavan) report is likely to suggest the penalties for the guilty which could range from life ban to erasing the records of the guilty from the books,’’ Muthiah, who is in Sharjah to attend the Asian Cricket Council meeting, told The Khaleej Times.

However, Madhavan on Thursday told PTI in New Delhi that he would not recommend any punishment even if he found any of the players to be guilty . ‘‘I will not recommend any punishment and allow the BCCI to decide the appropriate action against gulity (if found),’’ Madhavan, who was appointed by Muthiah to go into the CBI report on match-fixing on November 1, said.

Muthiah also felt that the inquiry by Madhavan would not reveal anything new. ‘‘BCCI report will not drastically differ from the CBI report in nature and content. The exercise is being done because it is obligatory for a department to follow up on the CBI findings,’’ Khaleej Times quoted Muthiah.