Pandurang Salgaoncar

India vs New Zealand: Pitch, prediction and how Pandurang Salgaoncar sent 'bookies' on wrong track

The Pune track was a far cry from the belter that Salgaoncar spoke of in the Pitch-for-Sale ‘sting’. If anything, the pitch was sluggish and challenged the batsmen to adopt a Test-match approach instead of attempting uninhibited stroke-play.

India vs New Zealand: VIPs make a joke out of BCCI's stadium security by bullying their way in

What is most disturbing is that the ‘bookie’ was allowed to go on to the pitch making a dog’s breakfast of the BCCI's claim of failsafe security measures

India vs New Zealand: Unfair to foul curator Pandurang Salgaoncar's reputation without inquiry

Until an elaborate inquiry is carried out, acting harshly against curator Pandurang Salgaoncar on the basis of the limp video displayed is patently unfair.

India vs New Zealand: Hosts produce clinical performance in Pune to clinch 2nd ODI, draw level 1-1

India produced a professional performance under pressure to beat New Zealand by six wickets in a must-win game and level three-match series 1-1 in Pune on Wednesday.

India vs New Zealand: ICC probes Pune curator Pandurang Salgaoncar for pitch tampering

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) banned Salgaoncar soon after he was seen promising a favourable track to reporters who posed as bookies.

BCCI pitch committee chairman Venkat Sundaram says 'underpaid groundsmen' are soft targets for bookies

Besides being a pitch expert, Sundaram is a former First-Class batsman who played against the now suspended Pune curator and former pacer Pandurang Salgaoncar, in the '70s and the '80s.

COA chief Vinod Rai defends BCCI's anti-corruption unit after Pune pitch curator controversy

Salgaoncar is seen and heard speaking to an undercover reporter, who poses as a bookie, while standing on the pitch of the MCA Stadium on the eve of the second ODI.

Pune curator Pandurang Salgaoncar suspended over sting operation ahead of 2nd India-New Zealand ODI

The BCCI on Wednesday suspended Pandurang Salgaoncar, curator of Pune's stadium after he was seen on a TV sting operation claiming that he could tamper with the pitch ahead of the second India-New Zealand ODI.

All you need to know about Pandurang Salgaoncar, Pune curator at centre of India-New Zealand pitch controversy

Legend has it that Salgaoncar used to be so fast in his playing days that he once hit Sunil Gavaskar on his right hand during a Ranji Trophy match in the 1973-74 season forcing the legendary Indian batsman to miss a Test against West Indies.

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Spotlight on role of three curators over nature of Pune track

With 24 wickets falling in two days, the rank turner on offer at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Gahunje has led to questions being raised about the three curators in charge of preparing the pitch