Police arrested 2 South African cricketers before the match against Sri Lanka, accused of match fixing

New Delhi. South Africa team will start playing the second test against Sri Lanka from 5th December. Earlier, former South African Test cricketers Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Thami Solekile have been arrested and charged with corruption over long-running match-fixing allegations. If Tsotsobe and Solekile are found guilty, they could face jail time. Both of them along with some other players were banned from cricket for a long time.

Tsotsobe and Solekile were arrested last month in connection with a match-fixing scandal related to a domestic tournament in South Africa in 2015, police said. he/she has been charged with five counts under South Africa’s corruption laws after appearing before a special criminal court in Pretoria on Friday. This law also has a provision for a prison sentence of up to 18 years in certain circumstances.

Solekile played three test matches for South Africa 20 years ago. This 44-year-old former player was banned from all forms of cricket for 12 years in 2016. Former fast bowler Tsotsobe played Test, ODI and T20 international matches for South Africa from 2009 to 2014. This 40-year-old former player was banned for eight years in 2017.

Along with the duo, Ethi Mbhalati, a domestic cricketer, was arrested last month and is facing corruption charges along with Tsotsobe and Solekile. Cricket officials investigating the 2015 scam in South Africa’s ‘Ram Slam T20’ tournament alleged that the country’s former international batsman Ghulam Bodi contacted players to fix matches or parts of matches on behalf of Indian bookies. Was.