da bet7k： The Vigilance Commissioner of India’s cricket Board, K Madhavan hasexamined batting mastreo Sachin Tendulkar in connection with thecontroversial Ahmedabad Test match in 1999 when India did not enforcethe follow-on against New Zealand despite being
da dobrowin： 01-Jul-2001The Vigilance Commissioner of India’s cricket Board, K Madhavan hasexamined batting mastreo Sachin Tendulkar in connection with thecontroversial Ahmedabad Test match in 1999 when India did not enforcethe follow-on against New Zealand despite being in a position to doso.Sources in Mumbai today said Tendulkar was examined by Madhavan beforethe team left for Zimbabwe last month. They said Tendulkar was thethird person to be questioned by Madhavan, who has been asked by theBCCI to probe into the controversial Test, in which India, with a leadof 275 runs, could have easily asked New Zealand to follow-on.Tendulkar was leading the team in the controversial Test, which waseven probed by the CBI during its investigations into the betting andmatch-fixing scandal. However, the sources said Tendulkar was”examined as a witness only” and his comments were necessary in theMadhavan probe as he was the captain of the team.Madhavan, a former Joint Director of CBI, had already examined AjitWadekar (the then manager of the team) and Kapil Dev (the then coachof the team), the sources said. When appraoched by PTI for hisconfirmation, Madhavan, who investigated the famous bank securityscam, refused to comment on the issue. However, he said he was probingthe Ahmedabad Test and would be submitting his report by this monthend after examining another person.The Ahmedabad Test sparked a serious controversy after the Indian sidedid not ask the Kiwis to follow on. The match, which ended in a draw,was played from October 29 to November 2. About his finding in theAhmedabad Test, Madhavan said “my inquires have revealed that thematch was drawn due to certain factors and I cannot say anythingbeyond this.”He, however, added that since the Test took place in 1999, it may notbe possible to probe into all the aspects that led to the drawnresult. Besides this, he said the BCCI had been referring to him forinvestigating some more cases including the recent ticket scam in Goa.Comparing his report to the one submitted by the International CricketCouncil’s Anti-Corruption Unit chief Sir Paul Condon, Madhavan said”the terms of references of such inquiries aim at identifying betting.But this has to be tackled by the police and CBI, who have been doinga commendable job.”Madhavan favoured making mandatory certain rules against carryingmobile phones to the match venues or inviting unknown persons to hotelrooms by players the world over. The BCCI Vigilance Commissionercommended the Condon report and said “it was well researched anddefinitely a step in the right direction.”
