There will be no cheer girls in IPL 7: Ravi Savant

There will be no cheerleaders in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the wake of spot-fixing scandal, which rocked the sixth edition of the cash-rich tournament, BCCI Vice-President Ravi Savant said. The seventh edition of the IPL is scheduled in April-May next year: “There will be no cheer girls in the IPL matches,” said Savant here last evening. [caption id=“attachment_1284573” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  The seventh edition of the IPL is scheduled in April-May next year. AFP[/caption] Savant was here to attend the prize distribution ceremony of an inter-university Twenty20 tournament organised by the city-based Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University. According to Savant, who is also vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, a total of ten changes were recommended by a committee formed by the BCCI after the spot fixing scandal in IPL-6. The panel, headed by veteran cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya, was asked to suggest steps to prevent incidents like spot fixing in the BCCI-run league. “All the recommendations of the committee have been accepted and will be implemented from IPL-7 onwards,” Savant said. PTI