Cricketers who sold the country for money… Captains of 3 countries included, Pakistani tops, Indians also not behind.

New Delhi. The dream of any cricketer is to play for his/her country. In a country like India, this dream of one among crores of cricketers comes true. Despite this, many cricketers sell their dream. Yes, there are many cricketers in the world including India, who did match fixing or rather sold their country for money. he/she took money to lose the match and let his/her country down.

At present, there are more than 30 such cricketers in the world who have been accused of match fixing at one time or the other. Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik was the first cricketer in the world to be found guilty of match-fixing and banned for life. Salim Malik was not only banned, but he/she also had to go to jail. Ata ur Rehman of Pakistan was banned for life for match fixing.

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Indian cricketers were also accused of match fixing and were also punished. In 2000, South African captain Hansie Cronje claimed that Mohammad Azharuddin introduced him/her to a bookie and offered to fix the match. The cricket world was shaken by these allegations of match fixing. After investigation, BCCI banned Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma for life and Manoj Prabhakar was banned for 5 years. However, the court lifted the ban on these four.

Cronje’s revelations create uproar
Hansie Cronje’s revelations did not just hurt Indian cricket. South African cricketers also fell prey to this. Hansie Cronje was banned for life. Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams were also banned for six months each. Kenya’s Morris Odumbe and West Indies’ Marlon Samuels were also banned for 5 and 3 years respectively in separate cases.

The biggest storm that came in 2010
There was a big storm of fixing in the year 2010, when in a sting operation, Pakistan’s Mohammad Aamir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt were seen selling their game in exchange for money. However, this was more a case of spot fixing rather than match fixing. A case was filed against these Pakistani cricketers in England and they were also punished. Salman Butt was jailed for 30 months, Asif for 12 months and Aamir for 6 months.

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Lifetime ban on Danish Kaneria
Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria, who is very active on YouTube, is also banned for life. Kaneria did spot-fixing in county cricket in England. Pakistan’s Umar Akmal, Sharjeel Khan, former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, Sharif Ul Haq, New Zealand’s Lew Vincent, Pakistan’s Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Alviro Pietersen have also faced ban in different cases of fixing.

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