BCCI’s ACU working with ICC over pitch-fixing sting

TIL Desk Sports/ Amidst a sting operation alleging pitch doctoring in Test matches in Galle, which also featured India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday said it has a “zero-tolerance approach” to any activity that brings the game to disrepute.

The Indian cricket board issued a statement after a documentary named as ‘Cricket’s match-fixers’, aired on Sunday, which shows Tharanga Indika, curator of Galle International Stadium, in a sting operation where he admitted to alter the pitch for result-oriented outcomes.

“The BCCI has a zero-tolerance approach to any activity or act that brings the game of cricket to disrepute or mars the integrity of the game. “The BCCI anti-corruption unit is working closely with the International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption on the alleged claims by a television channel,” it said.

Shocking the cricketing world earlier on Saturday, A London daily reported of an alteration of the Galle international cricket stadium’s pitch to influence the outcome of the upcoming Test series between hosts Sri Lanka and England.

Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is also investigating the allegations. “We have already launched an investigation working with anti-corruption colleagues from member countries based on the limited information we have received,” the ICC said in a statement .