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BCCI to decide on Chandela issue this week

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Dec 21 2015 | 6:02 PM IST
The Cricket Board's three-member disciplinary panel headed by president Shashank Manohar is to meet this week to decide on the fate of cricketers Ajit Chandela and Hiken Shah who have been alleged to have tried to fix IPL games in 2013 and this year respectively.
According to a BCCI source, the panel, which is to meet here on December 24, has the powers to impose punishment, including life bans, on the cricketers accused of trying to spot-fix IPL games.
Chandela was arrested by the police for trying to spot-fix IPL games in 2013 along with his then Rajasthan Royals teammates S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan who both have been banned for life by the BCCI.
The BCCI is yet to decide on the quantum of punishment to be awarded to Chandela who has been suspended from the game since the scandal broke two years ago.
The BCCI will also decide on the punishment to be awarded to Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer Hiken Shah for his alleged breach of the Board's anti-corruption code ahead of this year's IPL.
"Hiken Shah made a corrupt approach to one of his colleagues from first-class cricket, who is also a member of one of the IPL teams," BCCI had said in a statement in July.

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"The approached player immediately informed the incident to his franchise team. The franchise team followed the process of informing the incident to the Anti Corruption Unit of the BCCI. Based on the information, BCCI President, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya (now deceased), instructed ACU to conduct an immediate enquiry into the matter," the statement said.
"After a detailed inquiry into the reported incident, the inquiry commissioner found Hiken Shah guilty of committing breach of Articles 2.1.1; 2.1.2; and 2.1.4 of the BCCI Anti-Corruption Code for participants and recommended their provisions to the BCCI President," the statement added.
Shah is also under suspension pending the final decision by the disciplinary panel which also has Jyotiraditya Scindia and Niranjan Shah as its members.
Meanwhile, the BCCI's National Cricket Academy's Board is to meet one day earlier, on December 23, at the Cricket Centre here to "decide on the structure of the NCA and appoint batting and bowling coaches," said a Board source.
Among other decisions taken today, Shirke, who was the lone nominee for the Secretary's position, retained the job, while the audited statement of accounts for the year ending March 31, 2016 and the budget for the year 2016-17 were approved.
"The Working Committee, Standing Committee and Special Committees elected in 2015-16 were continued with vacancies being filled where necessary," the Board stated.
With the term of its first Ombudsman A P Shah drawing to an end, the "House authorised the President and Hony Secretary to appoint Ombudsman for the year 2016-17".
Another noteworthy decision was to nominate Board President Anurag Thakur as India's representative in the ICC and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Former BCCI and ICC President Sharad Pawar was chosen to be the Board's alternate director for ICC meetings. Shirke, meanwhile, will represent BCCI in the CEC meeting of the ICC.
Besides, the House approved the proposal to take possession of alternate land offered by the Karnataka Government in lieu of the earlier land, which was allotted but not handed over at Bengaluru.
"The House also accepted the proposal of land being offered by the government of Himachal Pradesh in Dharamsala for the development of facilities for NCA."
The Lodha panel had directed the BCCI that the AGM must be "limited only to routine business concerning the past year (2015-16)".
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Asked whether BCCI will adopt the revised constitution for which an SGM has been fixed on September 30, Shirke told reporters, "That is part of the performance, I mean our compliance report, and we are sticking to that. It is subject to all factors that are external to the BCCI."
For the first time, the Board had called prospective candidates willing to serve as selectors for interviews and the BCCI secretary said it was a fruitful process in which the Board's officials came to know about their vision for the national senior and junior squads.
"For the first time we had thrown it open through an application process. In the past, members representing their associations used to recommend names and then we would see whether they fit the criteria and they were appointed," Shirke said.
"This time we have gone through this process. We got a lot of people, a lot of applicants came. We also got a first-hand insight into what their ideas are, what they wish to do and what their visions are. Naturally, the number of applicants were far more than the number of selectors we can appoint.
"But we have got an insight into the kind of manpower that is available to take up different positions in different places within the BCCI. We were very much impressed with the inputs by all the candidates who came."
He defended the choice of the new selection panel members who don't have the sort of international experience of previous committees and said, "That will be judged by the performance of the team. The proof of the pudding is ultimately in the eating."
Asked about the Board buying additional land at Dharamsala for NCA in addition to Bengaluru, Shirke said that this will come in handy with weather conditions varying in the two places.
"It is being considered for an additional facility because sometimes the weather is different. As you know when it rains in the south, it does not rain in the north or for certain types of specific development work we may have a second academy or even two more academies. The president, in fact, wishes to have even a separate academy for the north east.

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First Published: Dec 21 2015 | 6:02 PM IST

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