India join the ever-growing list of match-fixers
As if it wasn’t enough that two international captains were found to have deliberately thrown matches for money, the biggest cricket-loving country in the world was about to be dragged into the mire as well.
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed in 2000 that former captain Mohammad Azharuddin had been in contact with bookmakers and manipulated results.
Azharuddin joined Cronje as the second player to receive a life ban and the CBI later confirmed that Ajau Jadeja also had links with bookmakers – receiving a five-year ban which was later reduced to three.
Spinner Ajay Sharma was given a life-ban after the same CBI inquiry.
The 2000s continues to be haunted by corruption
The decade that proceeded the Quyyam inquiry was unfortuanetly not a quiet one for cheating in cricket.
Kenyan player Maurice Odume was given a five-year ban in 2004 when he was found to have received money to fix matches.
Then in 2008 West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels was handed a two-year ban after he was proved to have taken money in return for match-related information.
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