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New Delhi, Jun 1: Two top BCCI officials, secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke, on Friday quit from their respective posts in a bid to put pressure on beleaguered cricket board president N Srinivasan in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. Jagdale said he resigned from his post as he was deeply hurt by the current crisis that has hit Indian cricket. " Yes, that's true

New Delhi, May 31: Breaking his silence on the raging spot-fixing scandal, Sachin Tendulkar today said that the developments of the last two weeks were "shocking and disappointing" and the faith reposed by the millions of fans in the game should be justified. Tendulkar said the authorities must take sincere steps to get to the root of the issue and ensure that credibility of the game is restored

Dubai, May 31: Concerned about Test matches being "postponed" to accommodate other formats, the ICC Cricket Committee has recommended that a team's failure to play a minimum number of five-day games over a four-year period should lead to the withdrawal of its Test status. Chaired for the first time by former India captain Anil Kumble, who has taken over from former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd

Birmingham, May 30: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today refused to break the BCCI gag on him in answering questions on the spot-fixing scandal that has hit IPL except to say that some players are "slightly mentally weak" compared to others. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the Champions Trophy, he made it clear that he would not answer questions relating to the recent

New Delhi, May 30: Indian skipper MS Dhoni asserted on Thursday that he will not talk about the IPL spot-fixing scandal in media. At a press conference in Birmingham ahead of the Champions Trophy, Dhoni, who leads Chennai Super Kings, was bombarded with a volley of uncomfortable questions on IPL spot-fixing. "Right now we are concentrating on Champions Trophy as this is a very important tournament

New Delhi, May 30: Delhi Police today claimed to have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh, which was part of the Rs ten lakh allegedly paid to cricketer Sreesanth for spot-fixing in an IPL match, from Mumbai. The recovery was made in Mumbai at the instance of Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested for allegedly removing money and articles of Sreesanth soon after the cricketer's arrest in May 16. Police sources said

Mumbai, May 30: Former great V V S Laxman today said the "credibility" of cricketers should not be "affected" just because of the presence of some greedy players who are lured into malpractices such as spot-fixing through use of big money and freebies. "It is very important because just for some greedy players, the credibility of the rest of the players should not be affected. I think it is a very

New Delhi, May 29: Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ankeet Chavan's plea seeking bail to get married June 2 was Tuesday rejected by a Delhi Court which sent co-accused S. Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila to judicial custody till June 4 in the IPL spot fixing case. Rejecting Chavan's plea, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma said: "Social sentiments have no place... I don't deem it appropriate

Mumbai, May 29: Unfazed by mounting demands for his resignation, BCCI President N Srinivasan today continued his streak of defence by refusing to step down from the post. Shortly after IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla demanded that Srinivasan "disassociate" from the inquiry against his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team in the wake of IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI chief told reporters that

New Delhi, May 29: Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal with police conducting searches for bookies in the case. Vicky Chowdhury, a bouncer who allegedly introduced Rajasthan Royal's player Ajit Chandila to a fourth set of bookies, and Nitin Jain were apprehended yesterday, police said today. Vicky is the friend of Bhupinder Nagar, Chief Security