BCCI's Anti Corruption Unit to investigate Deepak Hooda's Instagram post

BCCI's Anti Corruption Unit (ACU) will investigate an Instagram post by Punjab Kings (PBKS) batsman Deepak Hooda. Ahead of the PBKS match against Rajasthan Royals(RR), Deepak Hooda took to Instagram and posted a picture of himself donning the PBKS helmet. He captioned the post as "Here we go @punjabkingsipl #pbksvsrr #ipl2021 #saddapunjab."

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As per BCCI’s policy, players are not allowed to give insights into the team combination and BCCI’s ACU will check if Hooda’s post violated the guidelines

"ACU will look into this post. Our restrictions are that there shall not be any talk about the composition of the team," said a BCCI as per Lokmat.com

The official was further asked if there has been any discussion as to how cricketers should react to social media messages from the fans, the official said that BCCI has given them guidelines on the do’s and don’t.

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The BCCI has a zero-tolerance policy on corruption. Ahead of the last year’s IPL in UAE, for ACU chief Ajit Singh said they are keeping a keen eye on social media interactions between the players and fans.

"See, while the number of venues is less, the hurdles of physical movement due to the coronavirus pandemic also means that approaches if any will be made through social media. So, we are going to be closely monitoring the same and ensuring that there is nothing that escapes the team's eyes," Lokmat.com quoted Singh

Singh further said while the social media handles of several cricketers are handled by their PR teams, the players should ensure there is no slip up from their side.

"Yes, it is handled by their teams in some cases. But at the end of the day, it is their accounts. So, the players must have a team around them which is aware of these things and no sooner they see anything suspicious, they should report the same to us. It has to be a joint effort," he had explained.

Meanwhile, PBKS suffered a shocking loss against RR in their UAE leg opener by 2 runs. The KL Rahul-led team needed just 4 runs to win in the final over with 8 wickets in hand but Kartik Tyagi bowled a magnificent last over to break the hearts of Punjab fans.