BCCI asked to keep check on corruption in IPL by Sports Ministry

The Sports Ministry on weekday asked the Board of management for Cricket in Asian nation (BCCI) to furnish details on variety of problems, as well as mechanisms place in situ by the Cricket Board, to confirm that unethical practices like dissipated and match-fixing don't occur throughout the approaching Indian Premier League (IPL).

While the Ministry has created it clear that it's “no objection from sports angle” for conducting the IPL at “no value to Government” subject to clearance from Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs, in an exceedingly letter to the Chief body Officer of the BCCI, Ratnakar Shetty, it's demanded some data from the Board by Apr ten.

“What mechanisms, BCCI have place in situ to confirm that unethical practices like dissipated and match-fixing, etc. don't occur throughout IPL-2014,” the Sports Ministry asked the BCCI in an exceedingly letter.

It additionally side that the responsibility to cope with dissipated and match-fixing throughout the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League, to be command in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asian nation from Apr one6-June 1, can rest with the BCCI.

The Ministry asked the BCCI why a non-regular venue like UAE has been chosen to carry the primary leg of IPL rather than a venue that is on the regular international calendar of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

“Why a non-regular venue has been elite for holding some matches of IPL-2014 rather than selecting a venue that is on the regular international calendar of the Interstate Commerce Commission,” the Ministry questioned within the letter.

The UAE has been awarded the hosting rights of twenty matches within the IPL’s initial leg from Apr 16-30 , before it returns to Asian nation on might two.

The Sports Ministry additionally created enquiries on the “amount of License fees paid to the International Cricket Council for IPL 2014″.