BCCI suspends Hiken Shah over corruption

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MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has suspended Mumbai batsman Hiken Shah for offering money to a player to influence a game in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Hiken Shah made the approach to his unidentified first-class cricket team mate who represents Rajasthan Royals in the lucrative Twenty20 league.

Local media said that the player was Mumbai leg-spinner Pravin Tambe. They said that Pravin

reported the approach to his team, who forwarded the case to BCCI’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit. Board’s disciplinary committee would decide the case.