• Introduction
Indians first became interested in cricket after India won the World Cup in 1983. Nobody had the idea that any match might be manipulated or written until 1994. You may find out in this blog when the first match was fixed, how it occurred, which team started fixing for the first time, and how the underworld is connected to cricket and among other things.
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• The Beginning Of Darkest Chapter!
The Australian team visits Pakistan in September 1994 for a three-match test series. Prior to kickoff, Pakistan’s Salim Malik, a former cricket player, entered Shane Warne’s room and advised him to take 2,76,000 dollars, which is equivalent to $2 million in Pakistani rupees, and lose the game. After that, Shane Warne and his teammates told their coach and the match referee about everything. This is the first time that the common public has heard of rigging. After an investigation, Pakistan found that only two players from Pakistan, Wasim Akram and Salim Malik, were implicated. And For this Salim Malik Get permanent Ban on playing Cricket.
• The emergence of match-fixing in India
A player claimed in a 1997 interview that India and Sri Lanka played a series in 1994. To lose the game, Kapil Dev offered his colleagues 25 lakh. Following that, the BCCI launched a probe, which was overseen by Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, India’s 16th chief justice.After three years, BCCI sent the media a report titled the Chandrachud report in October 1997, but it wasn’t revealed publicly.
• South Africa Tour Of India 2000 February
3 years after that, That is, in the year 2000, South African team comes to India, to play 2 test and 5 ODI, the first test was to be in 19th of February 2000, and the last ODI, 19th of March 2000 was to end.
The first match between South Africa and India was scheduled for February 19 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. and having stay in conveniently located nearby.,Taj Hotel.But Sanjeev Chawla, a friend of Krishna Kumar’s [remember this name further], arrives from London two days prior to this match and stayed in same hotel. After in the event police got leak that he is using an India number, Krishna Kumar provided his number to him. Co-incidently that no. Was On radar Of Mumbai police because that number also involved in other Ransom Case And police noticed another side of Cricket that time and Additionally, match-fixing has occurred, and this is where Sanjeev Chawla’s roots are tied.
• Further Investigation Of Police And CBI
Therefore, theoretically, Sanjiv Chawla’s phone was being listened to by the same two constables who were hired to listen to Krishna Kumar’s phone. They were both constables. After listening to the phone for several days, they claimed that none of his connections came from the underworld. This day was searching for the night that perhaps one of these might obtain a connection to the underworld.These individuals simply keep watching cricket games. And keep talking all day casual commentaries on Cricket, out but even on this, senior officers say that perhaps there is a code word, After that peoples talking in the commentary box listen to this commentator’s voice; constable’s mind is very perceptive that it is the same voice. He was hearing from the tapping of the phone day and night. When he explains this further, he recalls how people used to discuss who would be playing 11 in a match the following day on the phone.who will flip first versus who will lose It was all as it was the following day, and on March 14, 2000, the person who spent the most time recording police and listening to their phone calls was
And now the sound of “Hello, Hi Henzy” can be heard, followed by the room number of the hotel indicated in the conversation that was recorded on the phone. And that also belongs to Henzy Kronze, and when the authorities confiscated this item, it was determined that the man speaking there was in fact, South Africa’s squad captain Henzy Kronze. And a coincidence led to the discovery of India’s first significant match-fixing case.
As you can see, the police had all the necessary evidence, including the names of Peter Stradom, Herschel Gibbs Nikki, and Sanjeev Chawla, but if they had filed the case at the same time, the South African team would have had to be detained for questioning, making it a serious crime involving two nations. The reputation will be confronted, The police protested that they would hold off until the case was over before presenting all of the evidence, but there was a loss because there was a chance for the suspect to flee before then. Chawla, Sanjeev returns to London four days before the final ODI match. But further he was imprisoned in Tihar in 2020. However, that specific situation The police were waiting for the series to end if he had managed to flee in time.
• How Match Fixing was Working
He also overheard a conversation between Sanjeev and Hanji Kronje in which Henji Krozen advised Nikki, Herschel Gev, and Peter Jo not to worry.
Only 248 runs are scored after that, when the South African team enters the field. Peter Joe and Nikki each score a run, and the South African team loses even after that, but the Delhi Police remains silent. And Wait for series end.
• Investigation Starts In South Africa
The investigation begins in both India and Africa at the end of March when police file the case and provide all the evidence to the media. The 8th of April sees the culmination of the disturbance. Henzey Kronze claims that all is being said in an official United Cricket Board of South Africa UCBSA statement from April 2000.Everyone receives discounts, yet none of these claims are true. The government of Afrika launches an investigation, with Henzey Kronze as its center. Janzey Kronze believes that he was fixing when all the evidence pointed in their direction, and he stated, “I filed in my moral and professional duties, I was not honest, and I apologise.”
• Connection Of Fixer With Local Player
Consequently, Mukesh Gupta Has a job that involves going to local tournaments in India like the Ranji and picking the best player and providing him with money so that they may support them whenever they represent India. Ajay Sharma is a player who MK Gupta meets and helps out by giving him 2000 and other things. Ajay Sharma then makes his Indian debut against New Zealand and earns money by fixing games by providing information regarding the toss, starting lineup, and other team news. He divulges all information to MK Gupta, who then shares it with the underworld so that fixers can profit.
• The Invasion Of Match Fixing In IPL
Later in 2013, Ajit Chandila of the Rajasthan Royals was implicated in fixing an IPL game between the teams of RR and Pune. The fixer predicted that Chandila would score 14 or more runs in the 19th over, and that is exactly what happened. Mumbai and Delhi police in this case After the match, Delhi police conduct a raid in 2 teams, one to arrest players and the other to arrest fixers who were participating, after receiving this information and the team’s stay in the Taj Hotel Mumbai. They detain Shreesanth and Ajit Chandila in Mumbai along with Fixer Jaggu Janardhan, two girls who were in Shreesanth’s room, and $70,000 in cash and other items.
•Consequence Of Fixing
2 Teams Get Ban For 2 Years Following that, both the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals received a two-year IPL playing ban.
In India, everyone knows where to go to place bets on sporting events, yet our police are clueless.