Domestic cricketers to be auctioned in IPL-VI: Rajiv Shukla – Cricket News Update
Indian Premier League commissioner Rajiv Shukla recently confirmed that all uncapped domestic players will be auctioned in the next season of the tournament, in order to ensure transparency, and curb corruption.
Previously, only local cricketers who had played for the national team at least once, in any format, were included in auctions alongside other Indian players, but this rule will also be revised, in order to keep a further check on corrupt activities.
“It was the proposal of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shashank-Manohar-c89791 (former BCCI president) to auction all the domestic cricketers to avoid any form of corruption in the game,” Shukla said while speaking to the
Times of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. “All domestic players will be auctioned from the next edition.”
The recent move to crack down on corruption in the league comes in the wake of a sting operation carried out by news channel
India TV, which exposed up to three uncapped Indian players violating their IPL contracts by agreeing to accept more lucrative deals with other franchises in the tournament. The amounts in question, proposed by an undercover reporter posing as a sports
agent, exceeded the maximum amount a domestic uncapped cricketer can be paid – Rs. 30 lakh, which is approximately US$54,500.
Following the revelations, the BCCI suspended five players under suspicion, and was requested by the IPL franchise owners to consider the possibility of either holding an open auction (with all players, both foreign and domestic, present) or having separate
auctions for the uncapped domestic players in order to greater transparency regarding the payments local cricketers receive.
While the board did not consider the suggestion for an open auction feasible, the proposal to hold auctions for domestic players has been approved.
Shukla also went on to state that the cricket board had “zero tolerance” when it came to corruption, adding that the immediate suspension of the five players in question was “evidence of prompt action.” In addition to the suspension orders, the BCCI also
ordered an immediate probe into the incident, and established an inquiry committee headed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Sawani, former chief of the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit, who will be submitting a report to the disciplinary committee.
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