Team India manager accommodated 2 ‘guests’ to stay in players' rooms during SL tour of 2010?

Mumbai: Ranjib Biswal, the manager of the Indian team on Sri Lanka tour in 2010, had allowed two "guests" to stay with two different players in their rooms, it is learnt here.

In the past, it was reported that a female guest had stayed in the room of a Team India cricketer.

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Mudgal committee had interrogated the player and his female guest and didn't find anything suspicious as the player didn't spend the night in the same room.

However, one more male "guest" had also stayed with another member of the squad, it is emerged now.

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According to the sources in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the same was brought to the notice of the team manager as clear breach of violation of ICC code of conduct by their Security Consultant Lawrence Fernando then.

"On your request I informed the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) officer who was in charge of the floor security of the Indian player's room area to allow a female guest who was supposed to be a journalist to enter into an Indian Player's room (name withheld) to interview him in the evening on 18th June 2010 at Kandalama Hotel, Dambulla. You were also informed that the female guest can be there in the player's room only till 2000hrs for which you agreed," the letter written by Fernando to the team manger then, said.

"After 2000 hrs. officer of the MSD had brought this to your notice time to time that the lady guest of the player has not left. After sometime you had left your phone unanswered without informing the female guest to leave and she had remained there till morning 19th June 2010".

"Further to that it was informed to me by MSD officer, that male guest of another player too was allowed by you to be accommodated in his room at Kandalama Hotel in the night of 18th June 2010 without informing me", Fernando said in his letter.

These two incidents had already been informed to the International Cricket Council's Anti Corruption and Security Unit, it is learnt here.

Ranjib Biswal was asked to furnish explanation for allowing two unauthorised persons in players’ rooms beyond agreed time.

"Please note that if you continue to permit unauthorized activities without prior approval which may cause breach of security and for any unfortunate incident, Sri Lanka Cricket or the security establishments should not be held responsible," the letter said in its concluding remarks.

The copy of the said letter was also sent to the match referee.

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