New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer Mohammed Siraj has reported a ‘corrupt approach’ to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) from an unknown individual, who needed ‘inside news’ about his crew after ‘losing a lot of money’ in an IPL 2023 sport. The India pacer, who’s the main wicket-taker for RCB with eight scalps, mentioned he obtained a name and promptly reported the matter to ACU officers, who’re hooked up with the groups.
RCB misplaced their earlier match to Chennai Super Kings by eight runs on the Chinnaswamy Stadium with fortunes swinging wildly. Sri Lankan tempo bowler Matheesha Parthirana bowled two essential dying overs to limit the house crew to 218/8 within the chase of 226 and earn victory for CSK.
“It wasn’t a bookie who approached Siraj. It is a driver from Hyderabad who is addicted to betting on matches. He had lost huge money and approached Siraj for inside information,” a senior BCCI supply aware of the developments informed PTI on situation of anonymity.
“Siraj reported the approach immediately. The law enforcement authorities have nabbed the man. More details are awaited,” the supply added.
Some #IPL News: Team #India and @RCBTweets pacer @mdsirajofficial was approached by Hyderabad based mostly driver after shedding cash in IPL betting. Siraj promptly reported matter to @BCCI ACU unit. The man has been nabbed.#IPL2023 #CricketTwitter . Story in @PTI_News
— Kushan Sarkar (@kushansarkar) April 19, 2023
The BCCI had beefed up its ACU community ever because the spot-fixing scandal, involving S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Ajit Chandila after which CSK crew principal Gurunath Meiyappan, was unearthed in 2013. Now, every crew has a devoted ACU official who stays in the identical lodge and is there on the floor monitoring all of the actions.
Also, there’s a obligatory ACU workshop for gamers on the dos and don’ts, and if any participant fails to report a corrupt strategy, there are sanctions in place. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan was suspended in 2021 as he did not report a corrupt strategy throughout his IPL stint within the earlier season.
RCB are at the moment positioned eighth with 4 factors after two wins and three defeats. Faf du Plessis-led facet misplaced their final match to MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings by eight runs with former captain Virat Kohli failing with the bat and scoring simply 6 runs. They are set to play their subsequent match towards Shikhar Dhawan’s Punjab Kings in Mohali on Thursday.
