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Dravid, Kumble, Srikkanth feel BCCI will have to abide by SC

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Press Trust of India Bangalore
Last Updated : Mar 27 2014 | 5:36 PM IST
Former India captains Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Kris Srikkanth today said that the BCCI will have to abide by the suggestions of Supreme Court but refused to comment on the specific proposals made by the apex court.
The SC proposed the replacement of Srinivasan by former captain Sunil Gavaskar and suspension of franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from IPL 7 till the pendency of the betting and spot fixing case.
The apex court also proposed to pass an order barring India Cements officials from getting involved with the functioning of BCC
"First, wait for the Supreme Court to give its verdict and whatever the final verdict of the SC, I am sure all of us law abiding citizens will abide by the decision," Kumble said.
He said cricket, like in all fields of life, was not immune to such incidents (corruption).
"This is nothing to what we have seen as in the society and there is no difference to cricket. The first set of these allegations came in 1999-2000, but the players responsibly put things in place," Kumble told reporters on the sidelines of event organised by Gillete here.

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"Even now the players on field will determine how the game is going to be seen as and the fans of course will look at it that way. And yes, we have an opportunity to do whatever we can to ensure that the game is above all of this," he said.
Reacting to allegations that cricket bodies in the South have been supportive of Srinivasan in spite of the heat he has been facing from all quarters, Kumble said it was not a conditional support.
"You need to understand that it's not just one person that you are talking about. You are talking about a cricket association and it was not a conditional support. Yes, it was important for us to take cricket forward and you need it to take support from the association at that point of time and I don't see a reason there is something wrong in supporting.

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First Published: Mar 27 2014 | 5:36 PM IST

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