Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for a period of two years © BCCI

In a landmark judgement, the Lodha panel, which was appointed by the Supreme Court of India, suspended the owners of IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two years in connection with the betting and spot-fixing scandals in the IPL. This follows the IPL rules that state that a franchisee can be punished if the team owners are found guilty of betting or betting related activities.

The suspension of the team franchises followed the severe punishments doled out to Gurunath Meiyappan (India Cements) and Raj Kundra (Jaipur IPL Pvt Ltd) who were banned for life from all BCCI-related cricket activities. Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, who were indicted in betting activities during IPL 2013, were said to have brought the game to disrepute in addition to their betting misdemeanors.

"We have interacted with 40-45 people, we are yet to meet a few others. Once that is done we will decide what guidelines are to be given. Our idea is to get inputs from all stakeholders. It is not confined to cricket administrators and politicians," he added.