Press Trust of India
Mumbai, Dec 24: The BCCI disciplinary committee deferred Thursday a decision on the tainted duo of Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah till January 5, giving them time till January 4 to file a written response to the charges of spot-fixing against them.
The three-member committee comprising president Shashank Manohar, Jyotiraditya Scindya and Niranjan Shah met at the Cricket Centre here and postponed a decision on possible sanctions on the players until January 5 next year.
Chandila was arrested by the police for trying to spot-fix IPL games in 2013 along with Rajasthan Royals teammates S Sreesanth and Ankit Chavan, who both have been banned for life by the BCCI.
After the meeting, off-spinner Chandila said, “The new disciplinary committee members asked me the same questions as were asked by Delhi police. I have said whatever I told Delhi Police. Everyone knows what the court has said. I hope I will get justice from this new committee. I don’t know when the verdict will be given.”
Shah, on the other hand, was reported for allegedly making an ‘inappropriate offer’ to one of his teammates in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy side.
The committee also decided to issue a notice to former Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf to respond to the charges against him. Rauf, who has been charge-sheeted in the same spot-fixing case, was declared a ‘wanted accused’ along with 15 bookies from Pakistan. He has not stepped out since Pakistan since.
