The long-awaited CBI report into the matchfixing and betting scandal concerning Indian cricket will be submitted to the government in the coming week, but it is unlikely to be made public before its presentation in parliament in November. The report, by all expecations, would indict at least seven top cricketing personalities, which include two former Indian captains, a wicketkeeper and a physiotherapist. The report, as effort by the country's premier investigating agency to unravel the worst-ever cricketing scandal to hit the country, is expected to indict a few cricketing personalities.
CBI sources told UNI today that the report will be submitted to Sports Minister S S Dhindsa within the next seven days. However, the sources refused to confirm the exact date of submission. The report was due for submission last month, but the agency has taken a couple of extensions citing that a few formalities are delaying its submission.

The sources have refused to confirm the name of any of the persons found involved in the worst-ever cricketing scandal saying, ''It is for the government to make the report public or not.'' About the media reports which have named a number of cricketing personalities like Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar, Nayan Mongia and Ali Irani, the agency sources remained noncommittal saying they were all ''speculative and not authentic ones''.
Bureau Report