ICC turns down Bindra's plea

LONDON, MAY 2. The International Cricket Council has turned down the request of the former Board of Control for Cricket in India president, Mr. I. S. Bindra, to be allowed to attend the extraordinary meeting of the world body to discuss the betting and match-fixing controversy.

The ICC president, Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya, when asked whether Mr. Bindra would be given permission to attend the meeting, countered: ``In what capacity can he attend the executive council meeting?'' Mr. Bindra, who had raised allegations that there was widespread corruption in the game and claimed he had prepared a document to be presented at the meeting, had written to the ICC seeking an invitation to the two- day meeting which began at the Lord's today.

The Punjab Cricket Association president, who arrived here unannounced and claimed he would present evidence of corruption at the meeting, had said that if he was denied permission he would make public his allegations through the media.

- PTI

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