da aposte e ganhe： The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday denied it had madeany offer to former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin to lift thelife ban imposed on him
19-Aug-2001The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday denied it had madeany offer to former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin to lift thelife ban imposed on him.”Why should the BCCI have any truck with the banned players. I denythat the board has any private understanding with Azharuddin. Thematter is in the court and let the courts decide,” BCCI president ACMuthiah told PTI in Chennai reacting to a media report.The ‘Daily Telegraph’ of London in a report on Saturday said “TheIndian board have made a face saving offer to Mohammed Azharuddin byoffering to lift the life ban imposed on him if he is willing to givea voluntary pledge that he will never again be involved in cricket.”Azharuddin has challenged the life ban imposed on him in a Hyderabadcourt, the next hearing of which is due on August 29.As a fallout of the match fixing scandal, the BCCI had bannedAzharuddin and Ajay Sharma for life and imposed a five-year ban onAjay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and former physio Ali Irani.