BCCI's Official Statement on Decision to Suspend Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals
A Supreme Court appointed panel, headed by ex-Chief Justice of India RM Lodha, punished IPL teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals because their officials were involved in betting.
Two years after a PIL was filed in Bombay High Court against corruption in the Indian Premier League, a high-profile committee appointed by the Supreme Court slapped identical two-year suspensions on Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday.
Here's the official statement issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the verdict was announced:
Following pronouncement of the order of the Honourable Lodha Committee, Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya, the President of the BCCI, said: "BCCI is committed to honour and respect judicial decisions and it would give its observations after the entire report is read and a collective decision is taken." He, however, asserted that BCCI is committed to ensuring transparency, accountability and cleansing the sport in order to restore the faith and confidence of millions of cricket loving people in the glorious game of cricket in general and IPL in particular.
Mr. Anurag Thakur, Honorary Secretary of the BCCI, said: "We respect the verdict and would undertake a collective decision in a transparent manner, in the right direction and in the larger interest of the game after the verdict is received and analysed."
BCCI will not make further comments on this issue.