IPL 2020 | A player has reported corrupt approach, perpetrator being tracked, reveals Ajit Singh

The 2018 edition of the Indian Premier League saw Shakib-Al-Hasan being at the receiving end of a corrupt approach, which he failed to report. That subsequently resulted in him being banned for a year (plus one year of suspended ban). While Shakib is almost on the verge of completing his ban and making a return to the cricket field, the story has definitely acted as an inspiration for young cricketers to take a cue and report the incident as soon as possible.

A BCCI official, meanwhile, revealed that the player who was approached was quick to report the suspicious incident to the ACU. The player's name, however, has not been revealed to preserve confidentiality.

Given the fact that the players are staying in a bio-secure bubble, with no connection to the outside world, the BCCI ACU has conducted several virtual counselling sessions with the players and support staff about corrupt approaches made during the IPL. To make things simpler, BCCI also brought on board Sportradar, a leading supplier of sports integrity solutions and data products, to work alongside the ACU.

"The company's Fraud Detecting System (FDS) monitors odds in the markets of over 600 bookmakers and these bookmakers are of different kinds, from different countries, different regions, including the so-called grey market or the illegal operators," Tom Mace, who heads Sportradar's global operations, had revealed earlier.