The Mudgal Committee appointed to probe into allegations of IPL 2013 Match Fixing, has transcripts revealing conversations that indicate PL match was fixed by Indian Captain MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina.
What can come out of this Probe and the Committee Report?
“A report of details revealed during the interrogation of a bookie, known by the name of ‘Kitty’, alias Uttham Jain, was submitted to the Committee by IPS Officer G Sampath Kumar.
The report alleges that more than half of the matches played during IPL 2013 could have been fixed and Indian Cricket team players MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina knew about the wrongdoings.
The report provides incriminating evidence suggesting that the match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals played on May 12, 2013 was FIXED.
The report quotes phone transcripts between Gurunath Meiyappan and Vindoo Dara Singh. The two can be heard discussing bets on the match between CSK and RR on May 12, 2013…
Meiyappan tells Vindoo that CSK will score around 140 runs. Later, CSK scored 141 runs in the match.
‘During the match, Gurunath placed bets of Rs.1.4 crore against CSK and confidently told Vindoo that Royals will win. In a conversation at 21:09 on May 12, 2013, stating that he has already placed bets of Rs. 20 lakh, Gurunath asks Vindoo to place Rs. 30 lakh more on Rajasthan. He says, “RR is winning pakka”,’ the Mail Today report quoted.
Meiyappan and Aggarwal were approached by a man from RAJASTHAN at Radisson Blu Hotel, Egmor. The report published in Mail Today reveals that Meiyappan informed Kitty that a discussion is going in regarding fixing the match between CSK and RR, scheduled to take place on May 12, 2013.
A second meeting took place on April 27, 2013 and Vikram Aggarwal informed Kitty that a deal was WORKED OUT.
‘Later after dinner party Meiyappan has informed that Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni has agreed to play as per plan and his team will score 140 runs and this was communicated to somebody ( Sanjay) in Jaipur over phone by Vikram Agarwal when Kitty was nearby,’ the Mail Today report quoted.
In a separate conversation between Aggarwal and Vindoo- ‘Vikram Agarwal told him [ Kitty] that there was negotiation for match- fixing between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings and Meiyappan has to communicate to Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni and few others for finalisation,’ the report submitted with Mudgal Committee was quoted by Mail Today.
The seized Laptop of the IPL spot fixer Sreesanth, contains about 45 semi nude , nude pictures of Models and diary in Malayalam.
The Police believe the Diary may give out more clues.
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Several semi-nude and nude pictures of models have been found from tainted bowler S. Sreesanth’s laptop seized by Mumbai Police crime branch on Friday from room no 1213 of Hotel Sofitel in Mumbai.
Crime Branch sources said, the nude pictures were of lesser known models who had attended five to six parties.
There were 45 photographs in Sreesanth’s laptop, some of which were in “compromising positions”, souces said.
There were some pictures of the bowler with some women.
Giving details of the movements of Sreesanth and his cohort Jiju Janardanan, the hotel rooms no 1213 and 1214 of Hotel Sofitel were booked from Kerala on May 13, by Tamarind Tours and Travels. Police said, neither the IPL management nor the Rajasthan Royals were apprised of this hotel booking.
Sreesanth stayed in Room 1213, while Jiju stayed in the adjacent Room 1214. Meanwhile, Sreesanth also went to a hotel in Juhu and on May 15 went to ORG club on Khar Link Road, where he spent several hours, sources said.
From Room 1213 (Sreesanth’s), crime branch recovered three diaries for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, in which the bowler had made entries both in English and Malayalam, mentioning his day-to-day routine. The diaries also have details of money taken for different activities, including modelling.
The diaries have names of two bookies from Kerala, and six bookies from Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur alongwith their phone numbers, sources said.
At several points, Sreesanth has written SIR, Boss, BIGI with the names of bookies.
One laptop, one iPad, two cellphone chargers and Rs 75,000 cash were found from Sreesanth’s room, officials said.
N.Srinivasan , the BCCI President refused to quit saying he has done no wrong,even after his son-in-law Gurunath Meyappan was arrested for contacts with the bookies and his confession he bet on the IPL matches .
Following is the full text of BCCI President N Srinivasan‘s statement at the press conference on Sunday.
The last few days have been difficult for the BCCI and for me as the President. You will appreciate that these days have also been very difficult for me as a father and as father-in-law. However, I sit here as the President of the BCCI and put aside all personal feelings. I can assure you that I will not shirk from my duties.
However difficult it may be, the BCCI will act without fear and favour to investigate and, if the circumstances warrant, punish any player and match officials, team management or franchise that have breached BCCI or IPL regulation.
The BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit report on the allegation of spot-fixing by the Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Ajit Chandila and Amit Singh will be issued on time. The BCCI will continue to offer assistance to the police and if the inquries bring any suspicion on any other players.
With regard to Mr Gurunath M, the legal process has already started and he’s facing police investigation. The BCCI has already taken the decision to provisionally suspend him from all activities in cricket and particularly from all involvement within CSK franchise.
The disciplinary procedure under the operational rules shall be initiated and the commission including at least one member who is entirely independent to the BCCI will be formed to adjudicate whether Mr Gurunath is in breach of rules that require all persons subject to the operational rules not to act in any way which would have an adverse effect on the image or the reputation of the BCCI or the IPL which would otherwise bring the entity into disrepute.
The management of the other franchise, the Rajasthan Royals, will also be subject to same procedure. I am not part of this commission and I will not play any role in its appointment, deliberations or decision.
If anyone is found in breach or liable under the operational rules … the operation rules provide a number of potential sanctions ranging from fine to suspensions and in the extreme the termination of the franchise.
There has been a lot of media comment on Clause 11.3 of the franchise agreement and whether Mr Gurunath is an owner of the franchise. It is for this commission to look into this.”
If Gurunath is not connected to IPL, BCCI, why is he suspended by the BCCI and from what?
In a release issued on Sunday morning, the Indian board said: “The BCCI has taken note of the detention by Mumbai Police of Gurunath Meiyappan, who is a member of the team management of Chennai Super Kings. As an accredited team official, Mr Meiyappan is subject to the provisions of the IPL operational rules and the BCCI anti-corruption code for participants. Pending further investigations and any subsequent hearing by the BCCI disciplinary committee or the IPL code of behaviour committee, Mr Meiyappan has been suspended by the BCCI.”
IPL Fair Play Awards.
Gurunath Meyappan’s IPL Pass
IPL site removed the name of Chennai Super Kings from the Fair Play Award List in its site yesterday.
Yet CSK was awarded the IPL fair Play Award yesterday, after CSK lost its Final Match to Mumbai Indians!
CSK’s Loss in the Finals:
“It will look ridiculous if CSK wins’and the Trophy is presented to Srinivasan by the BCCI Charman Rajiv Shukla.
So, lose the match convincingly to enable the golden goose alive”
Was thet the instruction to CSK?
Looks so, considering the way Dhoni sent in Bravo instead of him coming in at the crease when wickets were falling, the ridiculous, almost voluntary gifting away of wickets by the CSK.
Srinivasan seems to be emerging as the Sonia Gandhi of BCCI!
CCTV Footage shows the bookies and Cricketers in The Hotel .
Cricketers will find it impossible to deny this.
What did Sreesanth do by way of Gifts?
IPL6 Match Fixers
The night following S Sreesanth‘s Rs 40-lakh towel-change over on May 9 at the Mohali match was one of gifts, girls and glee.
The CCTV footage, obtained by TOI exclusively, from a five-star hotel in Chandigarh‘s Sector 35 where Rajasthan Royals team stayed, shows, according to Punjab Police, the Kerala pacer, bookie Jiju Janardan and the other tainted player Ankeet Chavan meeting, exchanging gift packets and engaging in a talkfest with girls in the third floor foyer just outside their rooms.
Their second-by-second action stretching from 10pm to 6am was captured by six CCTV cameras. The evening for the trio began three hours after the victorious Rajasthan Royals team returned to the team hotel at 7.30pm, reveals the footage acquired by Delhi and Punjab police.
Even as other players retired to their rooms, Chavan, holding a gift bag, along with Jiju knocked at Sreesanth’s room at 10.15pm. The tainted pacer opened the door and started jauntily walking around in his training gear.
As Jiju and Sreesanth continue talking, the footage shows a Delhi policeman eavesdropping. Nearly 10 minutes after taking the packet from Chavan, Jiju, Sreesanth and Chavan meet a 20-something woman in a black tiered lace dress in the foyer.
The woman stays outside Sreesanth’s room until she and other players are joined by two more men as Sreesanth goes into his room to change, the footage shows. At 10:55pm, Chavan, Sreesanth and the woman are seen leaving the hotel. After four hours, Sreesanth is again spotted with a different woman, attired in a white-and-black party dress at 2:19am.
They are trailed by Chavan, leading into the pacer’s room where they stay for nearly an hour, shows the footage. At 3.55am, Sreesanth returns to the foyer. He tumbles, nearly falls and then glides along the wall until he’s helped by Chavan. The two disappear from the foyer for two hours. Sreesanth returns to the foyer alone with a packet in his hand at 5:35am.
The List of those involved in IPL 6 Match Fixing.( as on 26 may 2013)
1. S Sreesanth
First among those arrested from Mumbai, currently under Delhi police custody and is being interrogated. Rajasthan Royals has suspended his contract. Accused of spot fixing.
2. Ajit Chandila
Rajasthan Royals player, whose contract has also been suspended. Chandila was also arrested on May 15 night. So far, rs 20 lakh cash has been found from a cricket kit bag at his aunt’s place. He too has been charged of spot fixing in IPL6.
3. Ankeet Chavan
Rajasthan Royals player from Maharashtra. He was also arrested with Sreesanth and Chandila. Says he made a mistake. His contract has also been suspended by RR.
4. Jiju Janardhan
Close friend of Sreesanth, Jiju is a former Kerala player, and had fell headlong into cricket betting. Said to be the brain behind Sreesanth’s downfall.
5. Amit Singh
A former Rajasthan Royals player and former Ranji player from Gujarat . BCCI has suspended him pending inquiry. He was also linked to the bookies.
6. Ramesh Vyas
A Mumbai bookie arrested by Mumbai police crime branch. Said to have links with Sunil Dubai who hs connections with dons Dawood Ibraham and Anees Ibrahim.
Late actor and wrestler Dara Singh’s son, Vindoo Dara Singh was arrested by Mumbai Police crime branch for having links with certain bookies. He was named by bookie Ramesh Vyas during interrogation.
8. The other accused bookies are
Deepak Kumar (Arrested)
Rakesh (Arrested)
Alpeshkumar Bhagwandas Patel
Prem Ramchandra Taneja
Ashok Vyas
Pandurang Kadam
Pravin Behra
Niraj Shah
Pankaj Shah along with Chandresh Patel (arrested) from Mumbai and Manan (Arrested) who operates from Ahmedabad.
All these are currently being interrogated by the Mumbai Police crime branch.
9. Baburao Yadav
Another former Ranji player arrested for being involved in the spot fixing scandal. He is said to have introduced bookie Sunil Bhatia to Chandila.
10. Manish Guddewar
A 32-year-old former Ranji player from Vidarbh, Manish Guddewar is said to have known Chandila and got him in touch with bookies. He is said to have played at the Indian Gymkhana Club at Nagpur with Baburao Yadav.
Eleven bookies and their assistants were also arrested, said the police.
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“The investigation started after we got information that [the] Mumbai underworld was indulging in match and spot fixing,” said Commissioner Kumar. “Special cell teams were present in all the matches but we cannot say with certainty that more players or teams are not involved in match or spot-fixing. Sreesanth was arrested from Carter Road, Mumbai. One of the bookies, Jiju Janardhanan, is a very close friend of Sreesanth. More arrests will take place.”..
As revealed by the police with telephonic and video evidence from live matches, the modus was that in particular the concerned cricketer was to guarantee that he would bowl a minimum number of runs in a specific over. Through a series of non-verbal cues in the form of on-field movements, such as stretching, moving of jewellery and a wrist watch or the tucking of a towel into the trousers, the cricketers would signal to the bookies that this was the over in which they would follow the agreed plan.
The three matches on which the police focused all involved Rajasthan: against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali on May 9, against Pune Warriors in Jaipur on May and against Mumbai Indians in Mumbai on May 15.
Per the evidence, in the match between Rajasthan and Pune Warriors at Jaipur on May 5, the offspinner Chandila had agreed to give away 14 runs off his bowling in one over but forgot to give the signal to the bookies. In the concerned over, Chandila began with a wide down the leg side and then, with fine leg up in the circle, drifted the second ball way down the Robin Uthappa‘s pads and was swept away. The third ball was on the stumps but short in length and Uthappa cut it away to the point boundary. A dot and a single followed and the last ball was full on Aaron Finch’s pads. Again, with fine leg up, that was easy fodder for the batsman to sweep a boundary.
According to DCP Yadav, there had been a conversation between Chandila and a bookie by the name of Amit. “He [Chandila] was told to bowl the first over with lot of confidence and with the same confidence bowl for us in the next over. The player agreed to it. The bookie asked: ‘What indication would you give?] and Chandila said ‘I will lift my T-shirt before the over starts. After that I will look up and then start bowling.’ Ajit forgot to give this indication,” said Yadav.
As arranged, Chandila had conceded 14 runs. But according to the police, the fact that Chandila had not signaled that this was the over to bet on left the bookies incensed and a heated argument ensued between both parties after the match.
According to the police, in the match between Rajasthan and Punjab, Sreesanth had taken Rs 40 lakhs to give at least 13 runs in one over. In video footage of the match shown on a big screen to the media, the Delhi Police highlighted both of Sreesanth’s overs in that May 9 match in which they identified an alleged pattern of spot-fixing.
“It was decided that Sreesanth would put a towel in his trouser before bowling the second over of his spell and also give enough time to bookies to indulge in heavy betting. As decided, Sreesanth bowled the first over without wearing the towel. In the second over he put the towel in his trousers and in order to give enough time to his bookies he did some warming-up, some stretching exercises and then went on to give 13 runs,” said Commissioner Kumar to the media.
On the day, Sreesanth had bowled his first over without towel and conceded five off it. Ahead of his second over, Sreesanth had placed a towel on the right side of his body and tucked it into his trousers, followed by a brief warm-up that allegedly gave the bookies time to place big bets. In that over, he conceded 13 runs – precisely what he had been pre-arranged, as stated by Commissioner Kumar. He added, however: “We don’t have any evidence that proves Sreesanth convinced Chandila and Chavan to take part in spot-fixing.”
In Chavan’s case, the Delhi Police singled out Rajasthan’s match in Mumbai on May 15 and said the left-arm spinner had allegedly taken Rs 60 lakhs to concede at least 13 runs in his second over. After a tidy first over in which he gave just two singles, Chavan gave 15 in the next. A breakdown of that over reads: six, two, six, dot, one and dot. According to Commissioner Kumar, the advance money for this spot-fix was taken by Chandila who did not play that match; this leads the police to believe that Chandila also acted as a middle man.”
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Chandila had to give away 14 runs but he forgot to give the indication but still gave 14 runs in the Jaipur match. Police
Chandila and the bookie had a heated argument after the May 5 match: Police
Bookies gave codes to players involved in spot fixing before the match: Police
There was spot fixing in the Mohali match as well: Police
In that match, Sreesanth’s signal was to put a towel in his trouser before his over: Police
Sreesanth’s signal was for the May 9 match between RR and Kings XI Punjab: Police
Delhi Police shows videos of the matches to show that the players were involved in spot-fixing.
Sreesanth had agreed to give more than 14 runs in a particular over: Police
Ankeet Chavan agreed to give at least 13 runs in his second over in the May 15 match against Mumbai Indians: Police
He gave away 15 runs in that particular over: Police
Chavan’s over during May 15 match was fixed for Rs 60 lakh. Advance was taken by Chandila who was not playing:”
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