The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday confirmed receiving a letter from ex-Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi which revealed the names of top international cricketers involved in corruption in the Twenty20 tournament, according to sources.
In the letter, from June 2013, the controversial Modi alleged that the players (names withheld) had received illegal payments to the amount of Rs 20 crores each from an Indian real estate mogul.
In the ‘confidential’ mail that had surfaced on Twitter on Saturday, Modi released details of the alleged corruption to ICC CEO David Richardson.
“The players are in close contact with real estate tycoon (name withheld). He is also a big punter and also book maker. I had banned him from bidding for any IPL teams… Reliable sources have informed me that he has paid in cash and kind (flats) to the above three in tune of 20 cr each,” Modi said in the letter.