IPL Aussie link in match fixing along with 26 other players during IPL2009

[TumTum]

A "high-profile" Australian cricketer is alleged to have participated in fixing Indian Premier League matches last year, according to details uncovered by India's tax department.

The tax office investigation has already claimed one victim, with IPL boss Lalit Modi suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India -- which owns the IPL -- just hours after the final of a tournament he built into a multi-billion-dollar industry.

And now it may bring down up to 27 players believed to be caught up in match-fixing during the 2009 instalment of the IPL, played in South Africa because of security fears in India.

A BCCI statement said Modi had been suspended with immediate effect and been given two weeks to prove his innocence.

"The alleged acts of individual misdemeanours of Mr Lalit K Modi, chairman IPL and vice-president BCCI, have brought a bad name to the administration of cricket and the game itself," said a statement from president Shashank Manohar.

In global terms, the gravest allegations come from a report the tax department sent to the finance ministry in which it said last year's IPL saw 27 cricketers and one official involved in match-fixing or spot-fixing, in which specific elements of games are manipulated.

It added that match-fixing and betting had "scaled new heights", with some leading Indian players and a "famous" Australian alleged to be among the 27.

A source close to the players, who was in South Africa, confirmed there was plenty of talk about approaches from illegal bookmakers and said there had been "too much smoke" for there not to be some fire.

"There were a lot of rumours, particularly in and around the opening matches in Cape Town," he said.

Aussie link in match fixing - Indian Premier League - Fox Sports

It's Warney imo

 

[Params7]

Its Watson.






Though the news was called off fake by CNN-IBN
Twitter / Sumon K Chakrabarti: @LalitKModi we broke the s ...

If there is any truth to fixing allegation I'd wait until some real arrests are made.

 

[pcfan123]

Im loving all this, crash and burn baby!

 

[BKB1991]

Ah Well, thank God Pakistanis were not involved, I could have sworn our names would have come out first even if we were innocent

 

[sami ullah khan]

Yeah, time for us to stand aside and watch the drama

 

[TumTum]

Im loving all this, crash and burn baby!

Hehe that's why I posted this

 

[-D-S-B-]

Shane Warne

 

[Biggy]

Moises Henriques!

 

[ankurcshah]

Moises Henriques!

IMO it should be Warney.

 

[khalek]

Has to be Shane Warne, it seemed like the results of the RR games didn't even matter to him. IPL is definitely giving ICL a run for their money when it comes to match fixing.

 

[TumTum]

Nah there is no Aussie link, but if there was it would definitely be Warney

No Australian involved in match fixing: Indian authorities

 

[SaiSrini]

I too guess it would be Warne. Or maybe Gilchrist (to get DC on track after a disastrous first IPL). But I wont put much money on Gilly.

 

[King Cricket]

Weren't these allegations rubbished by CNN-IBN a few days back? How come they have surfaced again? I, for one, don't think that the story is true. Some stuff which should not have happened might have happened during IPL 2, but match fixing with upto 27 players involved sounds far-fetched.

 

[McLOVIN]

Why do you guys think you can match fix to lose. It could be other way around. You fix the match, you pay the other guys to lose, and win the match. Thats match fixing too.

So in that case, its Gilly. DC won the freaking trophy. They won everything at the start of the tournament. It became very fishy. So they started to lose, and started to win again.

nice investigation Mc! - case closed -