Sodha to take legal action against ICC

Jagdish Sodha, whose name featured prominently during the Maurice Odumbe hearing, has said he will take legal action against the ICC for defamation. According to the East African Standard, he accused the cricket body of continually referring to him as a bookmaker, and admitted that though he knew Odumbe, he wouldn't bet any money on Kenya.

Sodha, a film producer based in Mumbai, was alarmed by the developments. "I intend to sue the ICC for defamation of my character and saying that I am a bookmaker. I do not know why they have been referring to me as a bookmaker. It is rubbish," said Sodha, going on to say that nothing he had done earlier ever raised suspicion. "No one in the world has charged me, let alone convicting me, for bookmaking. I have never been arrested as well. I do not know where the ICC picked up this rubbish."

"Even if I were a bookmaker," Sodha said, "why would I approach Kenya, a team that wins once in a blue moon? What kind of money would I make? I'd rather approach someone else." Sodha said that he attempted to do business with Odumbe as a partner, but the solar lamps and pharmaceuticals business was not successful.