Samuels under match-fixing scanner
Posted on Feb 07, 2007 at 22:25 | Updated Feb 29, 2008 at 23:02
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New Delhi: The first One-Day International between India and the West Indies in Nagpur on January 21 has come under scanner for match-fixing, the Nagpur police said on Wednesday.
Nagpur police sent a letter to the Board of Control for Cricket in India where they have mentioned of definitive proof in telephone conversations, wherein Marlon Samuels is said to have leaked vital match information to bookie Mukesh Kochchar. The police has asked for explanation on the same.
Police has established a nexus between Samuels and Kochchar and say that the all-rounder had leaked information like pitch conditions, the West Indies batting order and team strategies ahead of the start of the match. Kochchar is also said to have links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said that Samuels gave out information on the batting line-up but "we have no evidence about financial commitment made."
He added that Samuels was in conversation with even the betting racket organisers.
However, it is yet to be established whether the promising all-rounder was made to under-perform in the game, a clear indicator of match-fixing. Also, no other West Indies player is reported to have been involved.
India had beaten the West Indies by 14 runs in the Nagpur ODI in the first of the four-match One-Day series, which India later won 3-1.
The letter was sent to BCCI vice-president from the West Zone, Shashank Manohar, by the Nagpur police. However, Manohar told CNN-IBN that the BCCI hasn't received any such letter from Nagpur police.
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Posted By Shyamal Bhattacharjee
D/Sir,
Everywhere there is corruption ruling the roost.What is so GREAT about this piece.
Bullshits are everywhere available on the earth.It is
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Posted By Eswaran Krishnan
No match can be fixed by one individual. And Samuels is no Viv Richards to change the fortunes of a
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Posted By A. Sen
Whether Samuel or anyone else had given anything more than fringe information is not yet clear. But for last one
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Posted By Balan Cho Bal
What a shock !!! Why is it that it happens WITH INDIAN
CRICKET ? What a shame !!!
It hurts us ALL
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Posted By Prashanth Anreddy
Yeah, not again......we haven\''t yet recovered from the earlier one, and this will certianly nothelp.
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