Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin has called for a ban on Pune pitch curator Pandurang Salgaonkar, who was caught on India Today's camera agreeing to manipulate some bounce, some movement and some balance between bat and ball for the Wednesday ODI at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) stadium. Salgaonkar has already been barred from entering the stadium for today's ODI and he faces preliminary action but Azhar has called for a complete ban on the curator. Nobody should be allowed to go to the pitch (before a match)," Azhar told India Today. "Hopefully, the MCA, BCCI and ACSU will work in tandem," Azhar said in his first reaction on the expose. BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary has said the Indian board has zero tolerance for corruption and assured India Today the guilty would be punished.

Source: India Today October 25, 2017 06:12 UTC