Ajit Chandila, Hiken Shah's Fate to be decided on January 18
Board of Control for Cricket in India's three-member panel, headed by president Shashank Manohar, earlier deferred their decision on Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah's alleged involvement in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing in 2013 and 2015 respectively
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: January 18, 2016 05:51 pm IST
The fate of tainted cricketers Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah will be decided by the BCCI's Disciplinary Committee, headed by president Shashank Manohar, here on Monday. (Ajit Chandila Confident of Clearing His Name in Spot-Fixing Scandal)
The three-member panel, also comprising Jyotiraditya Scindia and Niranjan Shah, is expected to announce a decision on former Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf too, who has been named in the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. (Ban on S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Ajit Chandila to Stay: BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur)
Chandila and Shah appeared in person before the Committee on December 24 and were given time till January 4 to file a written response to the charges against them.
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The Committee, then, also decided to issue a notice to Rauf to respond to the charges against him.
It met again on January 5 when Shah appeared in person, made an oral submission and a written reply to the findings of the enquiry against him.
The Committee also considered the request of Rauf to give him more time to respond to the findings of the enquiry against him.
The panel then decided to meet tomorrow at the BCCI's headquarters here.