The inquiry was conducted by former Central Bureau of Investigation director K Madhavan.

He cleared former Test wicket-keeper Nayan Mongia of all charges, but was satisfied there was a link between Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and Ajay Sharma and the activities of bookmakers.

"The Madhavan committee has found Azha guilty of match-fixing, while all the others except Mongia, who has been exonerated by the report, only had nexus with the bookies without being involved in match-fixing.

"We will take disciplinary action based on the finding of the report," said AC Muthiah, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

He added that the contents of the report will be made public on 29 November after a special general body meeting of the cricket board in Calcutta.

"We have summoned all of them and it is up to them to come and explain their stand," Muthiah told the Press Trust of India.

"A final decision on the quantum of punishment would be taken by the general body meeting,"

Former team physio Ali Irani was found to have acted as the go-between between bookmakers and players, but groundsman Ram Adhar was found not guilty of accepting money to underprepare the wicket for a Test against Australia in 1996.

Reputation tarnished

Azharuddin, 37, recently told an Indian website that he was innocent and was confident his name would be cleared.

"God wills you are defamed, and then he alone saves your reputation, you wait and see," he said.

Asked if he had admitted to fixing matches, as claimed by the CBI, Azharuddin replied: "They asked and they answered."

The CBI report claimed that Azhruddin had admitted to fixing three one-day internationals on behalf of bookmaker MK Gupta.