The Indian Premier League has refused to enlist the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit despite fears the glitzy Twenty20 event could fall prey to match fixers. IPL officials declined the ICC's offer to provide personnel from its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ASCU) for the tournament currently underway in South Africa, an ICC spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
"The issue of anti-corruption measures was one that was brought to the attention of the organisers of the IPL by the ICC ahead of the tournament," ICC spokesman Brian Murgatroyd said. "When this was done, the IPL opted not to take up an offer for the provision of anti-corruption services from the ICC's ACSU, and instead indicated they were prepared to put their own protocols in place."
The ASCU, headed by former London Metropolitan Police chief Sir Paul Condon, was formed in the wake of the match-fixing scandal in 2000 when the late South African captain Hansie Cronje admitted to links with Indian bookmakers.
Among the unit's duties is monitoring visitors to the players' dressing rooms at the ground and team hotels during all international matches. During the IPL's inaugural season last year, two ASCU officials had briefed the private security agency contracted by organisers to police dressing rooms, besides delivering anti-corruption talks to some teams.
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