Intro:

Indian Premier League teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals face two-year suspensions and two officials are facing life-time bans after a Supreme Court-appointed committee recommended punishments in a corruption scandal.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English), Rajendra Lodha, former chief justice of India:

"Gurunath Meiyappan is not only found to have indulged in betting but his act is also found by the Supreme Court to have an adverse impact on the image of the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) , IPL (Indian Premier League) and game of cricket and brought each one of them to disrepute."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Rajendra Lodha, former chief justice of India:

"The committee accordingly, imposes following sanction on Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan. One, he is declared ineligible for participation in the sport of cricket as explained in the anti corruption court for a maximum period of 5 years under article 2.2.1. Two, he is suspended for life. "

SOUNDBITE: (English), Rajendra Lodha, former chief justice of India:

"The proved misconduct of the officials of CSK and Rajasthan Royals have damaged the fate of the public in the IPL, BCCI and the game of cricket so much so that any untoward incident in any game is now attributed to corruption in cricket."

SOUNDBITE: (English), Rajendra Lodha, former chief justice of India:

"In India, cricket is not any other game or any other sporting activity, it is passion for millions of people. It really hard to measure the harm these acts of team officials have caused to this sport generally and the game of cricket in particular."