Texan Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/ipl/2339396/rajasthan-royals-player-informs-board-got-an-offer-of-money-to-fix-ipl-game/ A day before Rajasthan Royals plays its first match in this IPL, it has emerged that one of its players informed the BCCI’s anti-corruption team last month that he had been approached by a Ranji teammate with an offer of money if he followed a pre-decided pattern of play. It’s learnt that the Mumbai-based RR player didn’t accept the offer from the cricketer, who is not part of the T20 league, and instead informed a senior franchise official who reported the incident to the Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU). During questioning by ACSU sleuths, the RR player said he initially thought the player, with whom he had shared a dressing room during the Ranji Trophy, was joking. It was only when he spoke about the chance to make money if he followed a pre-decided pattern, that he realised that the approach was serious, the player told the ACSU. According to procedure, the BCCI top officials were informed about the approach. When contacted, ACSU chief Ravi Sawani declined to comment. This pre-season episode contains shades of the IPL’s spot-fixing scandal of 2013 which led to the arrests of three RR cricketers, including former Test player S Sreesanth. Then, it was Amit Singh, a former RR player, who had acted as a middle man between bookies and players, as also Jiju Janardhanan, a close friend of Sreesanth. The scandal also saw the Supreme Court get involved and force the then board president and Chennai Super Kings team owner N Srinivasan to step down from his role after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was found guilty of cricket betting. Interestingly, in the run-up to the eighth edition of the IPL this time, Rahul Dravid, former India captain and mentor of Rajasthan Royals, had called for exemplary punishment to tackle fixing. “One of the most important things is we need to have stricter laws that deal with issues like match-fixing, spot-fixing. And we need to have those laws in place that in the long term can act as a deterrent,†Dravid said. “There are consequences in cricket (for wrongdoing) and you pay the price.†On Friday, Royals take on Kings XI Punjab in Pune.
BeautifulGame Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 We need to make Match /spot fixing criminal offence .At least 7 year and its the best deterrent . Also for Mumbai player approached is it Tambe? Rahane too high profile to be approached
Texan Posted April 10, 2015 Author Posted April 10, 2015 Lots of Mumbai players in RR squad... hard to speculate. Rahane Dhawal Kulkarni Tambe Abhishek Nayar Dinesh Salunkhe (played one match for Mumbai)
Texan Posted April 10, 2015 Author Posted April 10, 2015 Since the article talks about "pre-decided pattern of play", I would think it is a bowler since typically that would mean bowling no-balls or wides. If I were to guess, I'd say Dhawal Kulkarni.
Texan Posted April 10, 2015 Author Posted April 10, 2015 Sagar Trivedi too played one match for Mumbai... RR is basically low cost Mumbai players + foreign players.
Sir john Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Sagar Trivedi too played one match for Mumbai... RR is basically low cost Mumbai players + foreign players. what about souhtie players. :blink:
vvvslaxman Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Why only this team :hmmm: Probably blessed by the owners?
Zelig Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Why only this team :hmmm: Dravid according to laaloo:secret:
velu Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Yep can't be Rahane :hmmm: Must be Tambu abe .. bookies can approach anyone including rahane
rajmarie Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 3 cheers to the player who decided to reject the fixing offer & report it to BCCI. Shaabash. We need to have more such honest player. :hatsoff: to you whoever you are.
velu Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 3 cheers to the player who decided to reject the fixing offer & report it to BCCI. Shaabash. We need to have more such honest player. :hatsoff: to you whoever you are. maybe its too risky for them :--D
vvvslaxman Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 maybe its too risky for them :--D yea otherwise AAPU, RIVETU :giggle: http://download.tamiltunes.com/songs/Other_Albums/Comedy%20Dialougues/Vadivel%20-%20Maappu%20-%20Comedy%20Dialogues%20-%20TamilWire.com.mp3
govinda Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 people should not include dravid he is our gr8test test batsmen
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