SYDNEY, May 17: Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has strongly denied any link to the arrest of three Indian team-mates allegedly involved in spot-fixing during an Indian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Tait’s name was circulated in social media, on radio and a number of websites along with the three Indians, but he robustly denied any wrongdoing in a statement.

“I’m bewildered and upset at the false suggestions I’ve been involved in any wrongdoing,” he said in the statement.

“While I welcome the recent statements from police clearing me of any involvement, for a few hours I was deeply distressed by the rumours that were rapidly circulating about me, most of which were aired in the social media space.”—AFP