Pandurang Salgaonkar News
Pandurang Salgaonkar, who looks after the ground at Pune, was the subject of an undercover sting by the India Today TV channel, which alleged he agreed to doctor the surface before a one-day international between India and New Zealand in October 2017.
The President of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA), Abhay Apte, on Wednesday said that the association will conduct a detailed inquiry into Pune curator Pandurang Salgaonlar's claims that he could tamper with the pitch ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand.
Curator Pandurang Salgaonkar was caught on video by India Today revealing information about the nature of the wicket and promising to alter it per bookies' demands ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand on Wednesday.
In a sting operation by India Today reporters, Pandurang Salgaonkar, pitch curator of the MCA Stadium in Pune, is seen on camera promising to prepare the pitch according to bookies' demands.
BCCI has 14 days to provide a response to the International Cricket Council, which will then review the matter and has the power to issue a warning or a fine of Australian dollars 19,500.
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