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1)Everything came in limelight in South Africa tour of 2000 in India. India won the series 3-2 which saw very close games. Series ended on March 19, 2000. Check the scorecards here.
2) 18 days later, on 7 April 2000, Police inspector Ishwar Singh Redhu revealed that they had a recording of Hansie Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a bookie.
3)On 11 April, Cronje confessed to Ali Bacher, former South African captain that he really was involved in match fixing. He got introduced to a bookie by Indian Captain Mohammad Azhruddin.
4) Fixing method included to ask his team player Hershelle Gibbs to score less than 50 runs, to concede more than 50 runs by bowler Henry Williams. Derek Crooks, the off spinner was himself surprised to open the bowling.
5)Cronje revealed that he was introduced to Mukesh Gupta by Mohammad Azhruddin after 1996 test at Kanpur.
6)On 28 August 2000, South Africa board announced their punishments. Gibbs and Williams were banned for 6 months and Cronje was banned for life.
7)Hansie Cronje, who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar 8 times, later died on 1 June 2002, at the age of 32 along with 2 pilots in a chartered plane after missing his flight. Later reports suggested, Cronje had 72 account in Cayman Islands. Cayman Islands has the highest standard of living in the Caribbean, and one of the highest in the world.
8)Ajay Jadeja was also banned for 5 years in 20021, but the ban was lifted after 2 years and he once again started playing domestic cricket in 2003.
9)It was Prabhakar who participated in 1999 in match fixing expose scandal by Tehelka news. He was also life banned from playing for Indian cricket team. He was not happy with his depiction in bad light in Imran Hashmi starred movie “Azhar”.
10)Interestingly Ishwar Singh Redhu who was recommended for India’s president medal to limelight the whole fixing scandal, was also raided by CBI in 2005 on possession of disproportionate assets worth 50 lakhs.
