10 Scandals involving Match-Fixing, Spot-Fixing, and Corruption that rocked Cricket
In the past, some players corrupted the game of cricket and faced severe repercussions for their actions.
3. IPL 2013 spot-fixing and betting scandal
After the 2012 sting-operation gate, IPL hit the headlines for the wrong reasons again in 2013. This time, a spot-fixing and betting case came to light when the Delhi police arrested S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, and Ankeet Chavan, who were part of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) franchise.
Following the arrest, the Rajasthan Royals (RR) team management suspended their three players. In the high-profile case, along with the cricketers, Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of the then Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and owner of Chennai Super Kings N Srinivasan, also got arrested as he was the major suspect.
Later, the Supreme Court formed a panel and appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal as its head. On September 2013, the BCCI’s disciplinary committee banned all three players for life but in 2015, Sreesath was acquitted in the spot-fixing case. In March 2019, the Supreme Court of India revoked Sreesanth’s life ban and also asked the BCCI to revisit the length of the pacer’s suspension from competitive cricket. Following the court’s order, the BCCI reduced Sreesanth’s ban to seven years.
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