Gagged by BCCI, Dhoni keeps mum on spot-fixing scandal

Having avoided the media before and after the final of the Indian Premier League, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday maintained a stoic silence on the spot-fixing scandal that has, among others, also led to the arrest of CSK's Team principal Gurunath Meiyappan.

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As expected , the BCCI issued a diktat that mediapersons attending the press conference would not be allowed to ask questions on the spot-fixing scandal, which rocked the cash-rich league leading to the arrest of three cricketers including S Sreesanth.

When Dhoni was asked why he did not respond as the leader of the Indian cricket team, media manager RN Baba stopped the scribe from probing the skipper further, asking him to stick to questions pertaining to Champions Trophy.

The team is leaving for England later on Tuesday night for the tournament.  RN Baba is an official of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and is also one of Srinivasan's close aides. He has performed the duties of media manager for a major part of the last season. His son Aparajith is a member of the U-19 India and contracted player of CSK.

Another question that was put forward to Dhoni was how difficult it would be for him and the team to instil faith in the cricket-loving public that everything would be "fair" during the Champions Trophy. All Dhoni could manage was a chuckle as Baba again sprung into action stopping the scribe from probing further.

As far as cricketing queries were concerned, one got the routine predictable answers from the India captain - it has been the case for the better part of the last six years.