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New Zealand will go with a four-seamer attack and will not risk spinner Daniel Vettori for the second and final Test against England starting at Headingley on Friday, captain Brendon McCullum said.

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They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier in Kolkata on Friday to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Indian Premier League.

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said that the controversy-ridden Indian Premier League is nothing but a den for gambling where a lot of black money is involved.

Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf is now under investigation by the Mumbai Police for his alleged role in the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said people should not "jump to conclusion" that BCCI supremo N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was allegedly involved in the current IPL spot-fixing scandal till the police complete their investigations.

Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear before the Mumbai Police's crime branch on Friday in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.

In a crackdown on cricket betting following the IPL spot-fixing scandal, police arrested 19 more people, including some bookies, in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The arrests were made between Wednesday night and Thursday in connection with four separate cases.

Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now.

Even as the police approach Gurunath Meiyappan, they are careful to not even suggest that he was part of any fixing racket

Sunrisers Hyderabad's skipper Cameron White feels his team enjoyed a "fantastic" journey in the Indian Premier League even though it could not make the final after losing to Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator in New Delhi on Wednesday.

After Vindoo Dara Singh, BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Guru Meiyappan is under the police scanner in the spot-fixing case.