The mystery of 'individual 3': Is Mudgal report referring to star India player?

It might have come as relief for the suspended BCCI president N Srinivasan that Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee’s report on IPL spot-fixing cleared him and his son-in-law of match fixing allegations. But the trouble is far from over as the Supreme Court will question him on his inability to stop betting despite knowing that it was happening in the next hearing. The 25-page Mudgal probe report has named the four out of the 13 individuals probed while the names of other nine are witheld. Gurunath Meiyappan is listed as individual No. 1, Raj Kundra No. 11, Sundar Raman No. 12 and N Srinivasan No. 13. [caption id=“attachment_1807981” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  File picture of N Srinivasan. PTI[/caption] This is where the mysterious ‘individual 3’ comes into picture. Because the report findings say that N Srinivasan and other four BCCI officials were aware of violation of the Players Code of Conduct by Individual 3, but no action was taken. The apex court hasn’t mentioned the nature of violation by individual 3 but with the report indicting Srinivasan of inaction against individual 3 raises questions of how important this person could be in the probe. Is he a player? What role could he have played? The fact that N Srinivasan is only connected with the individual 3 in the report raises a lot of questions – a majority of which remain unanswered. A report in the Mumbai Mirror reveals that the individual in question is a ‘star India player who is part of the current Indian team.’ The report also revealed that the case relating to the individual is about four years old and it involves a woman on an overseas tour. The apex court will hear from Srinivasan, Kundra, Raman and Meiyappan and it is expected that the next hearing will be on 24 November. Click here to read the full Mumbai Mirror report.