MUMBAI: Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has raised another controversy by naming three international cricketers alleging them that they are involved in spot fixing.
According to the suspended IPL chairman, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja and West Indian player Dwayne Bravo are involved in spot fixing.
He said that their involvement in taking bribes from an Indian real-estate tycoon who also rewarded them with money and apartments.
The London-based founder of the IPL has opened a Pandora box and, many say, has woken up the ‘fixing’ monster by saying that at least four Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players are part of the cash-rich league that is struggling to rid itself of corruption.
Modi also revealed that he had sent a letter to the president of International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2013 to inform authorities about what was going on in the field.
He stated that he had been informed by “reliable sources” that the tycoon had paid in cash and kind to the three players. He concluded by saying that “I hope this is not true but if true it could mean more are involved.”
