Six umpires are on sale, claims a sting operation

The ICC confirmed that none of the alleged umpires were concerned in any of the official games of the planet T20.

Calcutta/New Delhi: A bunco game by AN Indian TV channel has claimed to possess exposed many superior umpires from 3 countries World Health Organization were allegedly willing to mend matches for cash.

The sting was broadcast on Mon evening by a news channel, constant channel World Health Organization had unconcealed alleged corrupt practices by 5 Indian domestic players earlier this year.

The channel showed video clips supposedly taken by their hush-hush reporters within which the umpires were shown to be allegedly willing to present sure choices for a fee.

However, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that none of the alleged umpires were concerned in any of the official games of the globe T20.

In a statement issued on Mon, the apex body said: “The ICC and its relevant members are created tuned in to the allegations created by Asian nation TV this night and calls on the station to turnover any info which may assist the ICC’s pressing investigations into this matter."

“The ICC re-iterates its zero-tolerance towards corruption whether or not alleged against players or officers. The ICC confirms that none of the umpires named were concerned in any of the official games of the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka,” the statement added .

The six umpires World Health Organization were supposedly shown within the sting area unit Nadeem Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui of Asian country, Nadir Shah of Iran of Bangla Desh, and Gamini Dissanayake, Maurice Winston and Sagara Gallage of Sri Lanka.

In the sting, conducted in Gregorian calendar month and August, the reporters claimed to belong to a sports management company and secure the umpires officiation assignments in events of all types round the world, mostly domestic Twenty20 leagues. The reporters, World Health Organization worked hush-hush, dole out the ‘sting’ in the main through interviews and conversations via Skype, an online videophone service.

The Bangla Desh Cricket Board president, Mustafa Kamal, however, has aforesaid that their Board can investigate the matter once obtaining the main points. “I came to grasp regarding it from the media… thus i'm not in an exceedingly position to create any comment. however if the allegations area unit true, we'll positively investigate the matter,” Kamal aforesaid.

Ghauri, World Health Organization is AN ICC International Panel umpire, has rubbished the allegations and claimed he has ne'er officiated outside Asian country within the recent years. Bangla Desh umpire Nadir Shah of Iran, too, has powerfully refuted the allegations against him.

“I ne'er fastened any match… It’s fully rubbish. If i'm reaching to fix match, i'll be caught some day by the ICC. that they had display as sponsors and had approached ME. however I didn't comply with them. No umpire fixes matches,” Shah of Iran aforesaid.

According to the channel, Shah of Iran offered to present choices like “out”, “not out” in any format of the sport. He has officiated in 40-plus ODIs and has been a TV umpire in six Tests.

Ghauri, in keeping with the channel, united to assist Team Asian nation all told ways that. As a quid professional quo, he united to require all amounts underhand in “black”. He has stood in forty three ODIs, fourteen check matches and 4 T20 Internationals.

According to a cricket web site, a face-to-face meeting between Ghauri and therefore the hush-hush newsman happened in city, in July. At that meeting, the umpire was asked whether or not he would do favours for cricketers World Health Organization were sponsored by the ‘company’ the reporters delineated . He replied spoken language it'd be attainable to try to to thus with relevance lbws and run-outs solely.