Chandrachud yet to finalise plans

The legal luminary, who held discussions with Sanjay Manjrekar and former Test stars Ajit Wadekar, Ashok Mankad and Dilip Vengsarkar at the Cricket Club of India today, termed the meetings as “smooth affairs.”

Barring Manjrekar, none of the other cricketers were available for comment. “Mr Chandrachud wanted my opinion on a few issues and I gave it to him,” said Manjrekar on his 30-minute deliberation with Chandrachud. The Mumbai Ranji captain refused to elaborate stating that it was “very confidential”.

The legal advisor to BCCI, Ushanath Banerjee, who was present during the discussions, while briefing the newsmen said that the players were asked to give their opinion about the allegations of match-fixing and betting in Indian cricket by former Indian all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar.

“None of the four has been involved in the allegations and we just wanted to know their opinions about the matter,” he said.

WADEKAR REGRETS: Banerjee threw more light when queried on Wadekar’s statement that he had tapped the players’ telephones during the South Africa Tour. “Wadekar clarified that it was a stupid mistake by the hotel stenographer and that he was sorry about it,” was Banerjee’s disclosure on what Wadekar — manager of the Indian team from the 1992 South Africa till the 1996 World Cup — said before the Commission.

On the progress of the Commission’s findings, Banerjee said “everything went fine at the meeting and we have gathered a lot of information in two sittings.” The first sitting of the commission was held at Delhi a fortnight ago.