The ICC has served a back-dated six-month suspension on Pandurang Salgaonkar, former First Class cricketer and curator of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA), only on the technical count of not informing the authorities about the approach made to him by undercover reporters of a television channel before the second ODI between India and New Zealand last October 25.
“He has been charged with breaching section 2.4.4 of the Code for his failure to report an approach.
“Mr. Salgaonkar has accepted that he has committed the offence and has received a six-month suspension, which has been backdated to 25 October 2017, being the date he was internally suspended by MCA, and he will therefore be free to resume his duties on 24 April 2018,” the ICC said in a statement.