Offenders must be punished: Dalmiya

Jagmohan Dalmiya, the ex-chief of the International Cricket Council, Saturday said those involved in match-fixing "Those who are involved must be punished ... given maximum punishment," he told Worldtel network broadcast in Dhaka, referring to such crimes as like "selling the country".

"The Central Bureau of Investigation has done a credible job as far as players are concerned," he said, but added that he segregated exchange of information from match-fixing or a similar crime such as "underplaying".

Dalmiya, a special guest for Bangladesh's debut Test match against India in Dhaka, is currently the chairman of the Asian Cricket Foundation, had reportedly played a positive role when this South Asian country sought Test status.

He said he was very happy with Bangladesh's performance.

"Cricket cannot survive unless it is globalised, developed and spread," he said.

Bangladesh ended a historic innings on Saturday having reached a surprising 400 all out as former skipper Aminul Islam became only the third player to score a century on his country's Test debut.

Mail Cricket Editor