News surfaced that the Cheerleaders of the IPL were used as Moles by the underworld to know of the Strategies,Team Composition and the teams’ thinking on whether to Bat or Bowl first after winning the Toss.
Seems that the Fixers seem to have all the angles covered.
Story:
“A bookie exploiting the proximity of the cheergirls to get information about players, is a new phenomenon,” sources said. These girls are part of the stadium and also attend the post match parties in the hotels. The parties normally end late and the bookies are always on the lookout to get a foothold in these parties. Cheergirls come handy to them, owing to their closeness to the players and the team management.
Bookies are curious to know who would be in the final ‘playing eleven’. The information that matters to a bookie is that who would be the opening pair and who would be the opening bowler? There are heavy bets if a spinner would bowl the first over. Spinner opening the bowling was witnessed for the first time when New Zealand Captain Martin Crowe entrusted off-spinner Deepak Patel to open the bowling in the 1992 Cricket World Cup played in Australia and New Zealand. Now it has become a fashion of spinners bowling the opening over that still attracts the bookies, who make a killing out of it.
The change of opening partners has also been subjected to heavy betting by the bookie syndicate. ‘Who will take the first strike’ also involves crores of rupees. Bookies also seek information about the weather, composition of the team, who all would be included if the match is shortened, etc. They are also interested in knowing the batting order, who would bowl during the ‘death overs’ and whether a team batting first or chasing a huge total would alter the ‘batting order’ and send a ‘pinch hitter’ to accelerate the scoring rate.
Sources said that bookies make money out of every development in the match and are willing to buy and entice people who are willing to work for them.
Bookies use cheerleaders for spying and also to elicit information from the players and the team management. Investigators have also noticed the presence of some top notch girls, who are always seen staying near the team rooms.
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