Madhavan grills Sharma, may summon others

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's Anti-Corruption Commissioner K Madhavan today did not rule out the possibility of summoning more cricketers in connection with the betting and matchfixing scandal in cricket.

"I might summon everyone, all players who can throw more light on the whole gamut of match-fixing besides questioning other persons, who fall under the purview of the BCCI," Madhavan told reporters in New Delhi this evening after grilling the last of the cricketers, Ajay Sharma, for four hours.

Madhavan said he would now examine the statements made by five cricket players and administrators and submit his report to the BCCI on November 25. "The report will come up for discussion during the Board's meeting in Calcutta on November 29 where they will decide on the future course of action," he added. However, he made it clear that the BCCI had the powers of not accepting the report in toto.

Asked whether he would be summoning players like Kapil Dev or Navjot Sidhu, who have been given a clean chit by the CBI, Madhavan said "let me complete the study of the entire statements and re-examine the CBI report. I do not rule out the possibility of summoning any other player."