7 Most dramatic incidents in Indian cricket
Over the years quite a few controversies have taken dramatic turns in Indian cricket to be remembered forever.
5. IPL spot fixing
The IPL spot-fixing case of 2013 and its ugly revelations shook the entire nation to it’s very core. The train wreck started after the Delhi Police arrested three cricketers: S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on the charges of spot-fixing in IPL game. The three had been a part of the team Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 IPL and were later sent to Tihar jail to serve their sentence. In September 2013, Sreesanth and Chavan were also handed lifelong bans from the game.
In a separate case, Mumbai Police arrested Vindu Dara Singh and Gurunath Meiyappan for alleged betting and having links with bookies. The then chief of BCCI, N Srinivasan was also allegedly involved in the entire scam via his son-in-law, Meiyappan and had to step down from his post in June 2013 after putting up a lot of resistance.
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