Former Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah, who is chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) umpire’s sub-committee, felt there is no need for the Board to talk to their umpires about the possibility of them being lured into indulging in sinister activities.

Cricket has been hit by a sting operation conducted by an Indian television channel that showed umpires from Pakistan and Sri Lanka being open to fixing matches for cash in the just-concluded World Twenty20 event in the Emerald Isles and the Sri Lanka Premier League.