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NEWS India-West Indies ODI Series 2007>ICC team to visit Nagpur for investigation 09th Feb 2007 19.09 IST By Agencies With Marlon Samuels alleged links with a bookie threatening to snowball into a major match-fixing scandal, the International Cricket Council today decided to send a special team to Nagpur to investigate the matter. The team, mainly comprising of ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit officials, will be in Nagpur by Monday and will have detailed discussions with the Nagpur police, according to a top BCCI source.
During their stay in Nagpur, the ACU officials will also interact with the staff of the hotel where the West Indian cricketers had put up for their one-day match against India last month. The ACU team will also try to ascertain whether any other cricketer was involved in leaking information to bookies. The team will submit its report to the ICC which would then recommend what action could be taken against the West Indian all-rounder who has been accused of leaking information on team composition to alleged bookie Mukesh Kochar. "The ICC then will forward the report to the West Indies Cricket Board which will have to take action if the player is found to be guilty," the source said. Meanwhile, the ICC will have a meeting of its top officials in Dubai today to "assess and study" the situation following the sensational disclosure by the Nagpur police on Wednesday. "The ICC is aware of all the developments. We will meet today to assess the situation and see what are the options available to us. The meeting will also be attended by top ACU officials," an ICC source said. The Nagpur police had stunned the cricketing world by disclosing a taped conversation between Samuels and Kochar, which had raised fears of a fresh match-fixing scandal seven years after the infamous Hansie Cronje episode. The Nagpur Police Commissioner SPS Yadav said yesterday there were enough indications of betting in Samuels-Kochar conversation but a case could not be registered because of insufficient evidence. Yadav said that the police had kept a close watch on Samuels after getting a tip off that somebody was trying to call him in the hotel room. Also View In-Depth Coverage: India-West Indies ODI Series 2007 Team Page: India Team Page: West Indies | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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