Gavaskar has no issues with IPL GC members being part of probe

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 27 2013 | 8:56 PM IST
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that inclusion of IPL governing council members in the Commission to enquire into the charges levelled against Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan should not arise any doubts whatsoever on the fairness of the probe.
BCCI president N Srinivasan yesterday announced that the Meiyappan issue would be probed by a three-man Commission with two from the five-member IPL Governing Council being members and that has led to questions on whether the inquiry would be fair or not.
Gavaskar does not see any issue in two IPL GC members being part of the probe.
"For us to doubt the integrity of the IPL GC members is not just on. It is not fair to doubt their integrity only because of the fact that they are going to probe the Gurunath issue," Gavaskar said.
"The BCCI has probed many things connected with internal matters of the Board and if there were no issues in those how can there be any problem in this case? The call of the three-man Commission will have to be respected," he told NDTV.
On the speculation that former captain and IPL GC member Ravi Shastri could be a member of the Commission, Gavaskar said, "I don't know anything about the composition of the Commission, but I think Ravi would not be able to give much time in the coming days as he would be commentating during the Champions Trophy in UK."
On a comment by former India opener Arun Lal, who also took part in the programme, Gavaskar said, "I want to clarify that I and Ravi are not currently contracted to the BCCI.
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First Published: May 27 2013 | 8:56 PM IST

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