KARACHI: The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) vowed, on Monday, to take stringent action against any players found guilty of being involved in spot-fixing, after a private Indian television channel claimed to have unveiled fraudulent exchange of money in the league.

According to a report by India TV, it carried out sting operations to expose the involvement of several players in accepting more money than what they are supposed to receive by their franchises.

“We will ensure that the integrity of the game is protected. BCCI believes in the integrity of the game. We will take the strictest possible action,” BCCI chief N Srinivasan was quoted as saying by the Times of India.

Following the airing of the report, the BCCI said it had called a meeting of the IPL governing council on Tuesday morning, to discuss the latest revelations.

According to TOI, the channel claimed that an IPL player confessed that he was getting Rs.1.45 crore from its owner whereas he was in the Rs.30-lakh slab.

It named an IPL player, claiming he had bowled a no-ball in last year’s first class match on the insistence of the channel’s reporter. He had also assured to change his team in future if he was paid Rs.60 lakh, the channel said.

Another player demanded Rs.10 lakh for bowling a no-ball in an IPL match, it said.

The channel said a pattern has emerged where a particular bowler pitches easy deliveries and there are dropped catches.

Srinivasan said the BCCI will view the videos and take action accordingly, claiming that the league was free of corruption.

“IPL, we believe is clean.”