The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently introduced a new system where players participating in the Indian Premier League were not allowed to travel to different cities or stay in the same hotel during the course of the tournament. A report has revealed the reasoning behind the enforcement of the rule, as one of the players’ girlfriends was allegedly seen passing on team information to outsiders.
The BCCI observed a few players and team officials who were meeting with outsiders and unauthorised personnel in the non-designated areas, which increases the risk of the integrity of the league being put at stake. According to the report, the girlfriend who spread the team info outside concerned the team owner, who then sought immediate help from the BCCI in this regard. The board has responded accordingly.
“This time, we have observed various anomalies and irregularities in the conduct of certain franchises and players. So BCCI and IPL are preparing an advisory, and we are going to release that advisory this evening because we have noticed that there are a lot of unauthorised persons who are moving along with the team members,” BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia had said.
“And some people who are unauthorised are coming to the hotels and to the players’ rooms or the team officials’ room, which is totally against our anti-corruption protocols. We have also seen that certain team owners and officials are mingling with players in areas where it is not allowed. So there are certain protocols we have to follow, and we have seen there are some dilutions.
“We have taken this very seriously. We are issuing an advisory, and it will be very strictly followed. If there is any violation hereinafter, then BCCI and IPL will take very stringent action,” Saikia explained further. Â
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