BCCI President Sourav Ganguly: We have dealt with spot-fixing in state leagues

Soon after Annual General Meeting, BCCI President and former India captain, Sourav Ganguly, on Sunday stated that board has taken stringent measures against betting and fixing incidents in several state leagues. This comes in backdrop of Karnataka Premier League controversy where seven people including two players and owner of Belagavi team were arrested in spot-fixing scandal. Ganguly said that BCCI is dealing with cases and is also looking to strengn anti-corruption unit of board. He also spoke about tenure of selectors and said that it isn't right to appoint selectors every year and that board will fix a specific term and appoint selectors accordingly. 

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'We have dealt with it'

BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly, while addressing media on Sunday said, "Yes, we have dealt with it. We have spoken to respective state associations. As you all kw that Karnataka Premier League is on hold w, till all of this gets cleared. n re is one in Chennai, one in Saurashtra and one in Mumbai. For Saurashtra and Mumbai, re haven't been any complains but in Chennai re have been a couple of complaints and we will deal with it. You kw it is very hard to stop tournaments on basis of who gets approached."

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Furrmore, he added, "Even in Syed Mushtaq Ali, I was told that one of players was approached. I think that is t problem r is it wrong. What is wrong is what you do after you are approached wher it is right or wrong after that and it is very hard to stop tournaments if just anybody has been approached. We have anti-corruption system right and we will deal with it because states have brought it to our tice that w we need to get anti-corruption right because one wants this. Two leagues where betting and fixing happened, one is on hold and Chennai league has suspended or two franchise and we will deal with it w. Try and put best anti-corruption team and see if we can make it even stronger. If it still doesn't work n we will have to think something else." 

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