ICC should take action against guilty players: Tendulkar

New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) Indian batting icon Sachin
Tendulkar Friday said the International Cricket Council should
thoroughly investigate the 'spot-fixing' scandal that has
plunged the game into a crisis and take action against players
who are found guilty.
"ICC should make a thorough probe in the 'spot-fixing'
scandal and take appropriate action if the players are found
guilty," Tendulkar told reporters here.
"If the allegations are true, they will certainly bring
disrepute to the game," he added.
The furore follows a British tabloid's sting operation on
a bookie who allegedly paid money to Pakistani trio of Test
skipper Salman Butt and pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad
Aamir for bowling no balls during the Lord's Test against
England last week.
The three players in question have been suspended by the
ICC pending an inquiry and have also been left out of the
Pakistan team for the Twenty20 and ODI series against England
starting Sunday.
The players are also facing a Scotland Yard investigation
and yesterday met Pakistan's High Commissioner in England to
present their case.
Speaking about the scandal, Tendulkar said he has not
come across any instance of Indian players being contacted by
a bookie in his playing career.
"In my 21 year of international cricket, I have never
heard of an Indian player being approached by bookies,"
Tendulkar asserted. PTI PDS
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