The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) has written to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding an alleged fixing approach. “We are in touch with the BCCI. We wrote to them the very day we were informed about a corrupt approach,” said Ashok Sharma, secretary of the DDCA. Though Sharma didn’t specify details, it is learnt that a player was allegedly approached during this year’s Delhi Premier League. The player in turn informed the DDCA and the anti-corruption unit.

This comes even as a sting operation conducted by Tehelka showed a former Ranji Trophy player claiming to have insider knowledge of playing XIs in the Delhi Premier League (DPL) and the Indian Premier League (IPL).

In the sting operation, Rachit Bhatia — a Delhi-based cricketer who represented Nagaland in domestic cricket — claimed to have fixed five matches of the 2025 IPL involving the Chennai Super Kings. The player also offered classified information on the Central Delhi Kings franchise of the DPL.

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In response, the DDCA issued a statement on Tuesday, saying that the allegations are “unverified.”

“The Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) has taken note of recent reports concerning alleged irregularities involving certain players and a franchise associated with the Delhi Premier League (DPL). DDCA would like to clarify that the allegations referred to in these reports are unverified and have not been established by any competent authority. The Association believes it would be inappropriate to draw conclusions about any individual, player or franchise based solely on such allegations,” the statement read.

Confirming that it had also contacted the relevant authorities, the statement further read: “Given the seriousness of the matter, DDCA has written to the respective authorities and shared the information that has come to its notice, requesting that the matter be examined through the appropriate established processes.”

Recently, this newspaper reported that the BCCI’s anti-corruption wing was bringing all matches of franchise-based state T20 leagues across the country under the scanner to track suspected corrupt activities. This decision was taken after the Anti-Corruption and Security Unit found increasing instances of bookies and suspicious persons getting in touch with the players, team owners, managers, which is against the code of conduct and rules governing the game. In August, a Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy cricketer was barred from participating in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) for breaching anti-corruption protocols.