The former Indian all-rounder Ravi Shastri had been summoned by a law enforcement agency probing alleged financial irregularities in cricket's Indian Premier League.
He has been asked to help the Enforcement Directorate over questions relating to the league's first three editions as he was on the governing council.
Shastri, who is out of the country, has been called to the directorate's offices next week in Mumbai.
Lalit Modi, the driving force behind the money-spinning IPL, was removed last year as chairman of the tournament.
He faces criminal charges, including false accounting and accusations by the Indian cricket board that more than $US 106 million ($NZ 123 million) was misappropriated during his three-year tenure as IPL chairman.
Shastri, now a noted commentator, played 80 Tests and 150 one-dayers for India.
