Pune, Nov 22: Urging the cricket board for a wider probe into the allegations against batsman Abhijit Kale, Maharashtra Cricket Association today said BCCI should also initiate an inquiry to find the authenticity of the charges levelled by the two selectors. "Merely conducting an inquiry against kale would not suffice as it is also necessary to find out whether there was any substance in the allegations made by the selectors that kale had offered them bribe," MCA chairman Balasaheb Thorve told from Nagpur.
"I am writing a letter to the BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya that just like the inquiry against kale, there should also be an inquiry against those who have made the allegation or else it will be a one-sided affair."
"The allegations were of very serious nature and have put cricket, known as the gentlemen's game, in very bad light. Hence, it is imperative that both the parties should be probed," Thorve said.
BCCI yesterday decided to suspend kale from playing any cricket conducted by the board for allegedly offering Rs 10 lakh each to two national selectors for a place in the Indian team to tour Australia and also ordered an inquiry.
The board appointed chairman of the Bar Council of India D V Subba Rao as the commissioner of inquiry and asked to submit his findings within 15 days. Bureau Report