Aditya Verma to BCCI: Publish Deloitte report

Aditya Verma, the main petitioner in the IPL betting and fixing case which paved the way for Justice R.M. Lodha panel’s formation, on Sunday dared the Indian cricket board to make the Deloitte report public and accused it of “threatening” the state cricket associations not to implement the reforms recommended by the panel.

Verma said that the BCCI would stand exposed if the report is made public. “I dare the BCCI and other state cricket associations that if they have guts then submit the Deloitte report before Justice Lodha by November 8. If they do, everything will become crystal clear. The BCCI has been blackmailing the state cricket associations over the report,” Verma said.

The Supreme Court appointed Justice Lodha-led committee on Thursday asked BCCI chief Anurag Thakur to place it before Deloitte’s financial services firm report, which has pointed out mismanagement of funds and blatant governance by a handful of full-member associations.

During the findings, the report revealed that several full-time members misused the money received from the BCCI, IPL and other grants.

In October 2015, BCCI’s ex-chief Shashank Manohar had commissioned Deloitte to submit a report to strengthen and improve financial policies and organisational practices in the cricket board.