BCCI office bearers must not own IPL teams: Digvijay Singh

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Press Trust of India Bhopal
Last Updated : Mar 28 2014 | 4:59 PM IST
Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh said here today that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) office bearers must be debarred from owning IPL teams, to avoid conflict of interest, but the show must go on.
In a tweet, the Congress General Secretary said that IPL had helped cricket as well as cricketers.
Those involved in match-fixing must be punished but teams should not be be suspended, Singh said, adding that BCCI chief N Srinivasan must resign.
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First Published: Mar 28 2014 | 4:59 PM IST

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