BCCI anti-corruption unit warn Delhi Daredevils for inviting cheer girls to dinner event

BCCI anti-corruption unit warn Delhi Daredevils for inviting cheer girls to dinner event

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Delhi Daredevils have been warned by the BCCI anti-corruption unit for inviting cheerleaders to a golf tournament dinner in Gurgaon last Friday. The ACU officials cautioned the franchise to ensure that cricketers should stay protected from all external sources other than the team and its officials.

Following the match-fixing scandal in the 2013 edition of the IPL, BCCI has put up a strong Anti Corruption Unit which has been keeping a track of every player’s move and the teams have also been asked not to organize IPL after-party. And now, Delhi Daredevils got into trouble for not complying with the rules as ACU warned the franchise for inviting cheer girls to the dinner event. However, they didn’t lodge a complaint with BCCI formally but would mention it in its IPL feedback report after the 2018 season gets over.

“These girls were invited. It was not that the cricketers were partying with these girls. The cheerleaders arrived, attended the dinner and left. However, the ACU has warned the team to ensure such a thing doesn’t happen again. Bringing cheer-girls to the party is banned as the ACU code doesn’t permit any outsider to get close to the players,” a top ACU official told TOI on Monday.

“Now that the team did it, ACU was alert enough to report the incident and briefed the team to avoid such situations in the future,” the official said. 

On the other hand, the Daredevils management denied these allegations and stated that no cheerleaders were invited. 

“The Daredevils don’t get cheerleaders to any of the private events. If the ACU officials are unhappy, they should talk to us,” a team source said.

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