The International Cricket Council (ICC) has handed six months of backdated suspension to the Pune pitch curator Pandurang Salgaoncar following an investigation by the Anti Corruption Unit (ACU). He has been charged with failure to report an approach by alleged bookies but there was no proof found of him actually engaging in corruption. Therefore, no charges […]

The ICC Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU)’s coordinator of investigations Steve Richardson has reached Pune in order to investigate the alleged pitch-fixing controversy, involving suspended curator Pandurang Salgaonkar. In a sting operation conducted by India Today news channel, Salgaonkar, a former Maharashtra pacer, was seen talking to two reporters, who posed as bookies and also allowing them […]

After a sting operation on Pune curator Pandurang Salgaonkar, which further resulted in his suspension by the Board of Control of Cricket in India, the reports are suggesting that the chief of the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of BCCI has been demanding upgrades for months. According to reports, ACSU chief Neeraj Kumar has been […]

Pandurang Salgaonkar, the curator at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Ground in Pune, has received a suspension from BCCI. He violated some laws of ICC and BCCI, which clearly states that no one other than captain and coach is allowed to look at the pitch ahead of an international game. India is playing against New Zealand in the […]

Since its inception, cricket has always been known as the Gentlemen’s game, still, most of the cricket fans are aware of the term match-fixing, spot-fixing, but according to the reports of India Today, they have found ‘pitch fixing’ in cricket as well. Pandurang Salgaoncar, the pitch curator of Pune, revealed the confidential information in front of […]