Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were today suspended from the cash-rich Indian Premiere League (IPL) for two years for betting activities of their key officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra during the 2013 season.
Raj Kundra, co-founder, Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals co-founder Raj Kundra was found guilty of bringing disrepute to the game, the BCCI and the IPL. He has been declared ineligible for participation in cricket for five years.
Gurunath Meiyappan, team principal, Chennai Super Kings
Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of then BCCI president N Srinivasan and team principal of the Chennai Super Kings is no longer eligible to participate in any cricketing activity.
Former BCCI president, N Srinivasan
The panel, led by former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha, also banned India Cements Ltd, which is the promoter of the Chennai Super Kings, for two years from the cricket world.
BCCI
The punishment was handed down by a Supreme Court- appointed three-member committee headed by former CJI R M Lodha which held that the betting activities of the two officials, Meiyappan, considered the face of CSK owners, and Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, have brought the game of cricket, BCCI and IPL into disrepute.
Shilpa Shetty
Shilpa Shetty, whose husband Raj Kundra has been banned is one of the several high profile celebrity owners of IPL teams apart from Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Nita Ambani.
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