BCCI to suspend Siddharth Trivedi,issue notice

BCCI is likely to issue a showcause notice to Rajasthan Royals medium pacer Siddharth Trivedi.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is likely to issue a showcause notice to Rajasthan Royals medium pacer Siddharth Trivedi,who turned a prosecution witness during the investigation into the spot-fixing and betting scandal.

The Indian cricket board was unaware that Trivedi had been approached by bookies and it was only after he became a prosecution witness did the fact come to light. Anti-corruption rules state that players are to report to their respective boards or the anti-corruption units if bookies happen to get in touch with them.

Even though people tried to tempt me,I never even thought of spot-fixing, Trivedi said after he agreed to assist in the investigations. A top BCCI official confirmed that Trivedi would not only be issued a showcause notice but also that he would be suspended till the inquiry into the spot-fixing scandal being conducted by BCCIs anti-corruption unit head Ravi Sawani was completed.

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The BCCI will issue a showcause notice to Trivedi and ban him until the pending inquiry is completed. He was approached by bookies and unknown people but he never informed IPLs anti-corruption unit about it, a top BCCI official confirmed.

The Indian board will also issue notices to three cricketers S Sreesanth,Ankeet Chavan and Amit Singh released on bail by Delhi court on Tuesday. With these cricketers out on bail the BCCI will now begin their internal inquiry into spot-fixing.

Indian board secretary Sanjay Patel said that BCCI will send notices to these players within a weeks time so that Sawani can gather information needed to complete his report. Everyone will be given chance to clear his stand and only then will the BCCI take a decision, Patel told The Indian Express.

It was just few days ago that Sawani submitted an interim report to BCCI as per the Supreme Courts directions. However,this report was prepared based on media reports on the spot-fixing scandal. As Sawani didnt have any substantial information from the Delhi police,the report was a mere observation.

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Once Sawani completes his report it will be forwarded to the Indian cricket boards disciplinary committee, the BCCI secretary said.