Sri Lanka players fixed ODI claims Indian bookie

haha crap these fucking Indians are involved in all (evry incident happen so far)  bookie dramas n now they are after Sri Lanka. Remember it was 5 Indian Players who got sacked dealing with bookies not SL players. These shit heads are behind the pakistani player scandal as well. These Indian shit heads wil ruin others countries cricketing image by getting their players involved, then claim that indian players are clean.Fucking retarders. 

SL should Sue this bookie owner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/sports/cricket/6311-sri-lanka-players-fixed-odi-claims-indian-bookie.html

A high scoring One Day International Sri Lanka played and lost by a narrow margin in India last year had been fixed by Sri Lanka players, a top Indian bookmaker had told Indian newspaper Times of India.

The Bookmaker who was referring to the India vs. Sri Lanka ODI played at Rajkoton December 15, 2009 was quoted by the newspaper as saying "Saaf nahi tha (it wasn't clean)".

He had also told that it was the Sri Lankan players who had fixed the match. "That was the last match that I heard was suspicious. I can also say that Indian players are clean. They're among the most impeccable, especially the senior players," he was quoted by Times of India as saying.

The newspaper named the bookie as “Ramesh bhai”, a 42-year-old Marwari bookmaker worth 100 billion Indian Rupees in his own words, living 100 km from Jabalpur.

Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to field and India ran amok scoring 414 runs on a placid track. In reply, Sri Lanka rode on Tillakaratne Dilshan's massive 160 and almost chased the target before falling short by a mere three runs.

Sri Lanka bowled 27 extras in the game, India bowled 21 and a total of 825 runs were scored at the Madhavrao Scindia ground in Rajkot that day.

"Sri Lanka were 401/5 with just 14 more runs needed from seven balls. The bets were coming in fast because punters wanted to balance the stakes. At the start, India looked firm favourites and there were almost no takers forSri Lanka win. But towards the end, it all became a frenzy," the bookie had said.

Right then, he had received a text message on his mobile. The sender was a 20-year-old boy from Rajasthan who earlier used to work for him as a cleaner. He wrote: "Sab saude kaat do, aur call mat lena. India match le jar raha hai (Cancel all deals and don't take any further bets. India is winning the game)."

The bookmaker had said that instinct made him listen to his former employee and he turned out right. India won by three runs.

What was behind the SMS may never be known but the bookie continues to harp on the rumour of the amount of money that was transacted that night. "I am told that money around Rs 28 crore ($ 7 million or 805 million SL Rupees) changed hands that night," he said.

“India won that match with a ball to spare and someone sitting in Rajasthan had shelled out Rs 28 crore ($ 7.5m) to take the game till there and yet plant a result. I cannot tell you who the boy is or who he works for. That's the crux of our business, the network. If I didn't get that call, I would've ended up losing quite a bit of money that day.” He had added.

- (Source: Times of India)