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AZHAR TREATMENT SPECIAL: MADHAVAN 

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BY LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Published 27.11.00, 12:00 AM
Calcutta, Nov. 27 :    Calcutta, Nov. 27:  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) commissioner, K.Madhavan, has been particularly severe (in his report) on Mohammed Azharuddin, and hasn't sought to camouflage that. A copy of the report, which is with The Telegraph, has the following: 'I have to necessarily distinguish the case of Azhar from the case of others... A leader has to lead by example. While this is the modern theory in management, this was well-known to our ancestors also...' Azhar, in fact, didn't impress Madhavan. This is evident from this one observation: '... From this single but significant denial itself, it is clear that Azhar has been legally advised to deny before me most of what appeared in his statement recorded by the CBI.' Actually, there's lots in Madhavan's report. For now, though, we will focus only on his player/physio-specific assessment. AJAY SHARMA: (i) I agree with the CBI that there is no evidence of any role by him in fixing matches in which he had played. (ii) I agree with the CBI that he had close contacts and nexus with bookies/punters M.K. Gupta and Ajay Gupta and his associates and acted as a conduit between players and the betting syndicates in fixing matches. (iii) Irrespective of the allegations established as above, he is guilty also of unbecoming conduct amounting to misconduct as a national level player in as much as he maintained frequent and undesirable contacts with bookies/punters. MANOJ PRABHAKAR: (i) There is no evidence of any role by him in match fixing. (ii) I agree with CBI that he had close contacts and nexus with various bookies/punters. (iii) Irrespective of the allegations established as at (ii) above, he is guilty of unbecoming conduct as a national level player in as much as he maintained frequent contacts with bookies/punters. MOHD AZHARUDDIN: (i) He had close contact and nexus with bookies/punters like M.K. Gupta, Ajay Gupta, Gyan Gupta and Ameesh Gupta etc. and was involved in match fixing. (ii) He is guilty of unbecoming conduct and misconduct as a national level player in maintaining such frequent contacts with bookies/punters. (iii) In his case the misconduct is aggravated, as he was the Captain of the Indian team for long and let down the country and cricket loving public in a despicable manner. AJAY JADEJA: (i) He had very close undesirable contacts and objectionable nexus with various bookies/punters. (ii) He is guilty of unbecoming conduct and misconduct as a national level player on account of his maintaining such frequent contacts as set out above with bookies/punters. NAYAN MONGIA: The charge against him is not proved and he is exonerated. Dr ALI IRANI: (i) He acted as a conduit between Mohd Azharuddin and the betting syndicate, including in accepting payments of large amounts of cash on behalf of Azharuddin. (ii) He had close contacts with bookies/punters like M. K. Gupta and Anil Steel in this regard. (iii) Irrespective of the allegations established as above, he is also guilty of unbecoming conduct as the physiotherapist of the Indian team for maintaining frequent contacts with bookies/punters.    
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