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Anonymous at May 18, 2013 0
The Indian Premier League’s image has been tarnished after the recent spot-fixing controversy. Those, who had been taking the last year’s matter lightly, have now realized how deep fixing has penetrated the game. When cricketers playing Test and the biggest domestic tournament Ranji Trophy are involved in spot-fixing, it does not take a genius to realize the situation. According to latest reports, the arrested trio – Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila – have confessed to spot-fixing.

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According to Delhi Police, Sreesanth said, weeping, that his close friend Jiju Janardan coaxed him into doing so.

The first of the three Rajasthan Royals’ players to confess was Chavan. Chandila confessed last. The players were arrested yesterday from Mumbai and now after reaching Delhi, they are under police detention for five days.

Moreover, the police said they would also interrogate Rajasthan Royals co-owner Shilpa Shetty and captain Rahul Dravid on May 21.

The confession has led to the end of the trio, especially the way Sreesanth’s career has concluded must have sent shivers down the spines of many a player.

The eleven bookies police have arrested apart from the trio included a former Rajasthan Royals player. The actual name of Amit Kumar is Amit Singh and he has played 23 IPL matches from 2009 to 2012. Amit, 31, is a fast bowler and represented Gujarat in the last year’s Ranji Trophy.

This shows the deep roots of fixing in the IPL that Test and first-class players have themselves become fixers.

Police investigations show that the players earned Rs40 lakh to Rs60 lakh (Indian) from spot-fixing during the matches held earlier this month.

Three Pakistan cricketers – Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir – were banned for at least five years by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after spot-fixing allegations in England in 2010, apart from facing imprisonments in Britain. Let’s see what India will do with their players.
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Anonymous at May 17, 2013 0
Indian police have always remained the first to expose match fixers. The police, who played a pivotal role in leading Hansie Cronje’s career to its nadir from its zenith, are now once again in action and have brought into question the credibility of the world’s biggest and the most affluent cricket league. Apart from arresting three Rajasthan Royals’ players, the police also unearthed startling revelations that how the players made certain gestures to alert bookies about the over they should put bet on.

[caption id="attachment_967" align="alignright" width="300"]Commissioner Delhi Police made sensational revelations during his press conference (Photo: AFP) Commissioner Delhi Police made sensational revelations during his press conference (Photo: AFP)[/caption]

After arrests were made by the special cell of Delhi Police in Mumbai, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar revealed that they have discovered new fixing gestures. Gone are the days when players used to change grip, gloves and comb their hair with their fingers. Now players give maximum time to bookies for betting.

These players who earn hundreds of thousands of dollars are so much greedy for wealth that they are always hungry for more money, for instance, the Rajasthan Royals’ trio – Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. A special cell of Delhi Police carried out raids in Mumbai early this morning. According to the police, they arrested Sreesanth from Mumbai’s Carter hotel, Chandila from outside Intercontinental hotel and Chavan from Trident hotel. Later in a crowded press conference, commissioner of Delhi Police talked to journalists. Fourteen bookies have also been detained apart from the players.

Police said the cricketers gave away 14 or more runs in certain overs. They did so using special gestures, for example, by putting towel behind trousers, setting fielding, putting out shirt from trousers, putting out locket from shirt, moving wrist watch, looking at the sky, etc. These actions show that the player is going to keep his ‘promise’ in this over. Police said they had wiretapped the conversations between players and bookies which span hours.

According to the police, all the three Rajasthan Royals’ players did spot-fixing in the matches against Pune Warriors, Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians on May 5, 9 and 15, respectively. Chandila alerted bookies in the May 5 match, putting his short out of his trousers. He gave away 14 runs in the over and earned Rs40 lakh (Indian).

Later on May 9, Sreesanth performed the ‘feat’ in Mohali. Sreesanth put towel behind his trousers and exercised for a while, giving maximum time to bookies to put their bets. He also earned Rs40 lakh against 14 runs in an over. Police said Sreesath’s close friend Jiju Janardan was in connection with a bookie Chandresh Patel in this regard.

In the yesterday’s match against Mumbai Indians, spinner Chavan made a gesture for bookies by twisting his wrist band and gave 15 runs to earn Rs60 lakh. Two runs were scored in his first over and he looked so impatient in this over that he gave 14 runs on the first three balls. He managed to give one more run on the next three balls. Police said that although Chandila did not play in the match, he was in close liaison with the fixers.

Let’s see whether the police put a nail in the coffin of players’ future with by proving courts with the evidence. The Indian cricket board has suspended the trio and they may be banned for good if the allegations proved well founded.
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Anonymous at May 16, 2013 1
Exactly a year after the sensational revelations by an Indian TV channel that rocked the Indian Premier League (IPL), yesterday’s arrests of three Rajasthan Royal players have proved that the reservations about the world’s biggest cricket league are well founded.

[caption id="attachment_937" align="alignright" width="227"]Indian Test player Sreesanth is also among the three players arrested (Photo: Getty Images) Indian Test player Sreesanth is also among the three players arrested (Photo: Getty Images)[/caption]

According to initial reports, cases were registered against Indian international pacer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and his two Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended the trio until the investigation into the incident has been completed. The players were booked under sections of cheating and criminal conspiracy (420 and 120B) of the Indian Penal Code.

Sreesanth is under the detention of Delhi Police while Chavan and Chandila have been detained in Mumbai and their arrests happened yesterday when the police raided the city’s Trident hotel. In a yesterday’s match against Mumbai Indians, Chavan represented Rajasthan Royals, who lost the match. Police have also arrested seven bookies in this regard.

The Rajasthan Royals’ franchise has issued a statement about the arrests, expressing its surprise about the spot-fixing scandal. Franchise co-owner Shilpa Shetty said she was informed that the players were arrested for investigation into the case. She said the Rajasthan Royals management was in contact with the Indian cricket board and would cooperate with the authorities. Anything which is against the spirit of the game is intolerable to the management, she said.

On the same day last year, Indian spicy news channel ‘India TV’ unearthed a report, airing secret videos of Deccan Chargers’ Prakash Chandra Sudhindra, Kings XI Punjab’s Shalabh Srivastava and Pune Warriors’ Manish Pandey. In the videos, journalists disguising themselves as bookies were shown dealing with the players. Later, two more players – Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bal – were also found guilty in the case and all the players were subsequently banned.

According to Indian newspaper the Times of India, the IPL matches played in Mohali and Mumbai were partly fixed. The accused will be shifted to Delhi on transit remand after today’s appearance at the Mumbai court.

Three international Indian players Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar were also banned in the past on fixing allegations.

Emerging of spot-fixing controversy for the second consecutive year is not a good omen for the world’s biggest cricket league. Let’s see whether the accusations will come true or not. The allegations made by India TV through a sting operation last year were proved well founded.
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