"We followed that inquiry and it was much more than that. If we let that person off with a warning it doesn't make any difference at all. "... So we went into his other links and connected the dots and we gave it to the police because we have no jurisdiction over them. We have jurisdiction only over participants. So they are going to investigate it," Shekhawat added.

The case has been registered under four sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including Section 420, which pertains to cheating. The player is said to have also recorded the conversation she had with one of the accused over the telephone.

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It is learnt that the player was approached while she was undergoing recovery sessions at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, with Kothari, who introduced her to Bafna, claiming to be a sports manager. The incident showed that women cricketers are also vulnerable to corrupt approaches like their male counterparts.

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