A court docket in New Delhi has revealed some startling info associated to the notorious 2000 match-fixing scandal that had rocked and tainted the gents’s recreation. The court docket has additionally framed prices in opposition to 4 people, accusing them of dishonest and prison conspiracy.
The match-fixing was accomplished throughout South Africa‘s tour of India with former Proteas captain Hansie Cronje as one of many foremost accused. Other than Cronje, former South Africa cricketers Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, and Pieter Strydom’s names have been concerned within the scandal as properly.
In the course of the listening to, the court docket acknowledged that some matches of the India-South Africa Check and ODI collection have been fastened, and makes an attempt have been made to repair different fixtures too. The match-fixing scandal occurred through the two Checks and 5 ODIs between February 19 and March 19.
Delhi court docket on 2000 match-fixing scandal:
The court docket revealed the small print of the recorded dialog between Cronje and London-based bookie Sanjeev Chawla. In 2000, the Delhi police had managed to get their fingers on the recording of the dialog between Cronje and Chawla by intercepting the calls.
Referring to the recorded dialog earlier than the fifth and last ODI between India and South Africa, the court docket noticed that, “it’s evident that Hansie Cronje had agreed to repair the rating of the match, and he had additionally agreed to repair the person rating of Herschelle Gibbs.
“He had additionally spoken to Williams to offer greater than 50 runs in his 10 overs. Each have been promised USD 15000 every.
“Although the gamers forgot in regards to the deal within the warmth of the sport and didn’t play as per agreed phrases, it may be concluded {that a} severe try was made to repair the match.
“From the recorded conversations, it’s revealed that between the accused individuals, giant quantities of overseas change has additionally modified fingers via hawala dealings for onward cost to the South African members who have been a part of the prison conspiracy,” the court docket added.
The 2000 match-fixing episode is among the largest scandals within the recreation that had utterly rocked the cricketing fraternity. Cronje was sacked because the South Africa captain and was banned for all times earlier than he tragically handed away in a airplane crash.
Alternatively, Chawla was extradited to India in 2000. Later in 2013, the Delhi police filed an FIR for the match-fixing scandal and the chargesheet included a number of South African cricketers together with Cronje.
