No Indian cricketer concerned in purported rape in Zimbabwe: Sources

New Delhi: India’s cricket debate of Zimbabwe was on Sunday strike by a large debate after an central compared with one of a sponsors of a array was arrested for purported rape even nonetheless he pleaded ignorance to a charge.

The assign erupted after a Zimbabwean media reported that an unnamed Indian cricketer had been arrested on charges of rape. The reports settled that India’s envoy to a African nation, R Masakui, had attempted to forestall a player’s detain final night during a Harare hotel.

However, central sources in India denied a report, saying that a chairman arrested was in fact dependent to one of a sponsors of a ongoing limited-overs series.

“Regarding media reports of an Indian cricketer being concerned in an purported box of rape in Harare, we have oral to a Ambassador to Zimbabwe. The news is totally false. No Indian cricketer is involved,” a sources said.

“An Indian dependent with one of a sponsors has been arrested. He has also denied a assign and pronounced he is prepared for a DNA exam to infer his innocence. Our Ambassador is following a matter closely,” they added. The BCCI, on a part, refused to comment, claiming that it is nonetheless to discern a accurate contribution of a issue.

“We are gripping a tighten watch on a development. It is a critical issue. Being wakeful of a supportive inlet of a issue, a BCCI won’t make comments but ascertaining facts,” pronounced a tip Board central on condition of anonymity. India are now intent in a three-match Twenty20 array opposite a hosts after unconditional a ODIs 3-0.

The visitors had mislaid a opening T20 in Harare on Saturday and will be personification a second compare tomorrow during a same venue.

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