in november 2003, abhijit kale who represented india in a single odi match was accused by the then bcci's joint secretary ratnakar shetty of attempting to bribe 2 members of the selection committee - kiran more and pranab roy. abhijit kale was suspended immediately from playing international or domestic cricket and was subject to an inquiry commission (november 2003) and disciplinary committee hearing in may 2004. the commission headed by d.v. subba rao heard the testimony of kale and sanjay jagdale who testified for the selection committee and submitted its report in december 2003. after the disciplinary hearings, kale is believed to have sent an apology letter to the then bcci president jagmohan dalmiya. on 2 june 2004, abhijit kale was banned from playing on domestic cricket 31 december 2004.