Footage from India TV appeared to show an IPL player negotiating a fee for bowling a no-ball, while another said he received under-the-table payments above his contracted fee.
Each of the nine franchises has a salary cap and the player in question has not been capped by the national team, meaning he cannot be paid more than 3 million Indian rupees ($55,700) according to IPL rules.
The BCCI said it would seek complete footage of the television channel's sting operation before deciding if any action needed to be taken. "Some television channels have been reporting a story pertaining to alleged unacceptable practices by players participating in the IPL," BCCI Secretary Sanjay Jagdale said in a statement.
"The BCCI will not tolerate any violation of regulations and any act of corruption." The complete footage of the 'sting operation' will be sought and examined thoroughly. The governing council will meet on an emergent basis to review the footage and take appropriate strict action."
Last year, Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed in Britain for their role in a spot-fixing scandal relating to a test match against England at Lord's in August 2010.
The spot-fixing scam, which shook the cricketing world, came to light after a British newspaper recorded sports agent Mazhar Majeed boasting of how he could arrange for players to rig games for money.
The International Cricket Council subsequently banned the three players for a minimum of five years.
"We are having a governing council meeting by conference call today. At which time we will go into this in detail," BCCI President N. Srinivasan told Times Now channel.
"We will not tolerate any wrongdoing. At the same time we have to be certain as to what happened.
"As far as the IPL is concerned, the anti-corruption unit of the ICC is in charge. We believe the integrity of the game has been preserved.
"We had no inkling of anything at all. But we are very clear; we will act very swiftly and very strongly." A series of scandals has tarnished the image of the cash-rich IPL, which boasts a host of celebrity owners including India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, spirits and airline magnate Vijay Mallya and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan.
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@indian oh well for you kind information NEWS OF THE WORLD has been shut down. Mirror shows the image not the shadow bro. Now when your news channel has shown you the image just go and get set your outlook.
Duh! what else do you think we all play this stupid series for?? You haven't seen nothing yet!
@ukmuslim
I will be happy if cricket even becomes a business.
Today, it's a cesspool of sleaze, corruption, sex, scandals, underground, black money and immorality.
There will be no fixing and cheating in IPL beacuse there are no PAKISTANI cricketers involved. But i am sure this piece of news has something to do with Azhar Mahmood.
Not surprising Indian cricket and ipl are the home of cricket corruption
old cricket days are gone. now its only business. still billions of people madly follow it thinking it is just a sport and wasting their money and time. match-fixer chains sponsorors, players, clubs, owners, umpires and many more. by fooling the genuine sport lover, break his trust. money is the powerful force.
i stopped myself being fooled since the scandal of azaruddin, ajay jadeja, cronje.
Who is stupid enough to believe that there is NO fixing and betting in IPL?
if India TV was really serious or had any clues of spot fixing then they have actually done fixers a favor. I mean who cares about Indore cricket league! most of the people dont even know where indore is. a small league which played match in an banned and empty stadium and a no ball was thrown as per their wishes from a player who no body knows. bad bad piece of reporting. all they have done is they have alerted the real big players (if any).
Sorry dudes but it is not like The News of the World story. Hope BCCI takes action against anyone found involved and if nothing comes out then they sue the channel
@Indian: Has india tv mentioned the name of alleged players??
@Indian
IPL is one of the worst sporting events of all time. It's all about not-sports. It's just a bollywood version of a cricket league.
Any true sport loving person cannot appreciate IPL.
Pakistanis should take this opportunity and not watch it. Most sensible Indians don't watch it either.
Not surprising considering the fact that Mumbai is the den of fixers and gamblers betting millions on cricket.
India tv is one of the worst news channel in India. Noone watches it. They just have masala news nothing else. It is not at all credible news channel. But enquiry should be held about IPL and it's working ethics.