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In any organized sport, match fixing occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result thereby violating the rules of the game.
Games that are deliberately lost are called - Thrown games.
When a team intentionally loses a game to obtain a perceived future competitive advantage rather than gamblers being involved, the team is often said to have tanked the game.
One incident that we all remember very well is the case of Hansie Cronje.
On 7 April 2000, Delhi police revealed that they had a recording of a conversation between Hansie Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate.
Three other South African players: Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje and Pieter Strydom were also implicated.
On 7 June 2000 the King Commission began. Cronje then released a statement that revealed all his contact with bookmakers. He was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life. He challenged his life ban but his application was dismissed.
Another cricketer who was stuck in a similar case and banned by the BCCI was Mohd. Azharuddin. Azhar, who last month joined the Congress, said that no criminal case had been filed against him in relation to the match-fixing scandal.
It’s a pity that people like Azhar have been allowed to contest the general elections. He shamelessly confesses that he was confident that the match- fixing controversy surrounding his name would not have any impact on his political innings.
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