Slap-row issue: Nanavati to submit report on Tuesday

Sat, May 10 02:54 PM

Ahmedabad, May 10 (PTI) BCCI-appointed Commissioner Sudhir Nanavati, who is probing the slap-row involving S Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh, today said he would submit his report on Tuesday instead of Monday. "Earlier, I was going to submit my report on Monday, but now I have decided to do it on Tuesday," Nanavati, who is probing the Sreesanth-Harbhajan episode, told PTI. "Change of date is due to busy schedule on Monday.

I have to appear for some cases in the Gujarat High Court," Nanavati, who is an senior advocate, said, adding that the stipulated time of 15 days given to him to complete the inquiry also ends on Tuesday. He also said he would not recommend any type of punishment to the players in his report.

"I will not recommend any sort of punishment to the players as I have been appointed to inquire about the incident under rule 32 of the BCCI," he said. "I will have to submit my report on the incident to the Board President and he will forward it to the disciplinary committee which will decide about the quantum of punishment to be given to the person who is found guilty," Nanavati said adding that "it is upto them.

They can even let off a person.

" "This is a level four offence and if a player is found guilty the quantum of sentence is ban on playing large number of matches or even for life time. Mohammad Azharauddin and Ajay Jadeja are facing life time ban," said Nanavati in a reply to a question on what punishement a player can get if he is found guilty.

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