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BCCI to probe bribe scam

AFP, Calcutta
India's cricket chiefs on Friday ordered an investigation into allegations that a player offered bribes to selectors to get picked for the national team.
"It is indeed a very serious matter and I will get to the bottom of this," said Jagmohan Dalmiya, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), at a crowded media conference here.
Dalmiya said BCCI official D.V. Subba Rao will conduct an enquiry in the next 15 days, after which his report will be referred to the cricket board's disciplinary committee.
Two selectors, former internationals Kiran More and Pranob Roy, reported to the BCCI on Thursday that Maharashtra batsman Abhijit Kale offered them both one million rupees (21,700 dollars) earlier this month if he was named in the national team.
It was not immediately clear if Kale wanted the selectors to pick him for the upcoming tour of Australia or the India 'A' team's home series against Sri Lanka A.
He was not selected in either team.
Kale, 30, a right hand batsman, represented India in a one-day international in Bangladesh in April but was ignored for the recent home series against Australia and New Zealand.
Dalmiya said Kale will not be allowed to play in any official tournament till the probe was completed.
The scandal is the biggest to hit Indian cricket since the match-fixing saga in 2000 which led to life bans on former captain Mohammad Azharuddin and ex-Test player Ajay Sharma and five-year bans for internationals Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar.
Kale, who faces a life ban if found guilty, has denied the allegations.
"All this is nonsense," Kale said.
"I have been playing for the last 10 years and have been one of the leading scorers in domestic cricket, why should I resort to such things?
"I come from a middle class family, I do not have that kind of money to pay
anyone. I am really shocked that a thing like this has been said about me."
Indian captain Saurav Ganguly defended Kale just before leaving for Australia with the rest of the senior squad on Friday.
"I have known Kale for a long time and I don't think he is capable of doing such a thing," Ganguly told reporters.
"Anything can come out in the media, be it television or newspapers. Anybody could pass a statement on somebody. How far it is true is what is important.
"I do not think a mere allegation should be a problem for Kale unless the facts are established."
More and Roy are part of the five-member selection committee headed by former Test wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani. The remaining selectors in the panel are Sanjay Jagdale and Kirti Azad.
Dalmiya revealed that the two selectors had reported Kale to him on Tuesday during the tri-series final between India and Australia at the Eden Gardens.
"I asked them to give me a report in writing which was then shown to the legal advisers of the board," he said.
Kale, who began his first-class career in 1993, has scored 6,806 runs in 84 matches, with an unbeaten 248 the best of his 24 centuries.
He also took three wickets with his right-arm off-spin bowling.