Pakistan umpire
Asad Rauf has maintained his innocence and called for proof regarding the allegations of corruption against him, after being named as a "wanted accused" in the
Mumbai Police's chargesheet for the betting scandal in IPL 2013. Rauf had been umpiring in the IPL but
left India during the tournament, even as it emerged that Mumbai Police wanted him for questioning.
When asked if he knew Vindoo Dara Singh, who was also named in the chargesheet, Rauf was defiant: "I have thousands of friends but that doesn't mean that if my friends do something, then I have anything to do with that. Let them prove something. If it was the case that I have taken a favour or a gift, or money was given to me, you got to prove allegations.
Rauf said he would explain his current position to the ICC's Anti-Corrpution and Security Unit. "I have been an employee of ICC. Like police, they [ACSU] also investigate. When they call me, I will answer them through my legal adviser. I have done five IPLs and my decisions have been 100% correct. I will answer to ICC regarding these allegations."