Mohammed Azharuddin's 12-page statement to cricket board's watchdog K. Madhavan was the subject of considerable speculation on Friday, with authoritative sources saying that he had confirmed certain parts of the CBI report on match-fixing.

The former Indian captain, however, refuted some parts of the report which painted him as a key figure in the scandal.

The sources denied reports that Azhar had termed the entire match-fixing scandal as a conspiracy against him by some former teammates.

Madhavan, a former CBI joint-director who questioned Azhar for six hours, left thereafter for Delhi where he will be questioning former Delhi captain Ajay Sharma on Saturday.