Dravid suggested a two-pronged approach to curb the menace of match-fixing and spot-fixing, saying making these illegal activities a criminal offence and educating cricketers at the junior level should be the first step.

"My personal belief is that education and counselling at a junior level is really important," Dravid said in an interview to ESPNcricinfo, around three months after three of his Rajasthan Royals' team-mates were arrested for alleged spot-fixing in the sixth edition of the IPL. "I think we've got to start early, we've got to start young but ... that part of it is already being done. I know that India has its own ACSU and even for Ranji Trophy teams this education is given," he added.