Match Referee Chris Broad in Pune on Wednesday Calcutta/Pune: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched a probe after the curator in Pune was caught in a TV sting operation allegedly promising to manipulate the pitch ahead of Wednesday's second one-dayer between India and New Zealand. Pandurang Salgaonkar has been "dismissed" by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) but the match went ahead as scheduled after ICC Match Referee Chris Broad cleared the pitch. "We are investigating the allegations from Pune this morning," an ICC spokesman said. "As with all international cricket, the ICC anti-corruption unit has an ICC ACU manager on the ground in India and we are in close contact with him. "The MCA has dismissed Mr Salgaonkar from the position of curator with immediate effect," the BCCI said in a media release.

Source: The Telegraph October 25, 2017 21:33 UTC