Pandemic ‘bio-bubble’ to make it harder for match-fixers to approach cricketers

 

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket’s anti-corruption leader has stated on Friday that shady match-fixers could locate it tougher to technique cricketers withinside the Indian Premier League (IPL)’s COVID-19 bubble,

The world’s richest Twenty20 league will begin September 19 withinside the United Arab Emirates after being moved due to the coronavirus crisis.

Confining the 8 groups to “bio-bubbles” can even assist anti-corruption officials “preserving an eye fixed on people”, Ajit Singh, leader of the anti-corruption unit on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) advised AFP.

“Controlling interplay among gamers and others will now no longer be very difficult.”

Cricket has emerge as a key battleground withinside the combat in opposition to spot-solving — unlawful bets on a sure a part of the action, consisting of what number of runs are scored in an over.

Singh stated he’ll assign liaison officials to display every crew throughout the 53-day tournament.

Players’ Twitter feedback may also be watched for coded messages, he added.

The money-spinning IPL has been plagued via way of means of corruption and match-solving controversy because it began out in 2008.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan turned into suspended final 12 months for failing to record corrupt approaches, one in all them over the IPL.

A 2013 scandal brought about the Chennai Super Kings, led via way of means of ex-India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and Rajasthan Royals to be suspended in 2015 for 2 seasons.

The scandal noticed Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, a Rajasthan Royals bowler, being banned for lifestyles together with crew-buddies Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila over the unlawful spot-solving and making a bet scandal.

The 3 have been arrested in 2013 with ratings of bookies as a part of a probe into allegations that gamers had underperformed in go back for cash. Sreesanth’s ban turned into revoked via way of means of India’s pinnacle courtroom docket final 12 months.

The T20 league is a massive sales earner for the BCCI. Before the virus it turned into envisioned to generate greater than $eleven billion for the Indian economic system every 12 months.

Teams have already began out arriving withinside the UAE in which gamers might be beneathneath a week’s isolation earlier than they begin training.

The video games will simplest be performed in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai even as a everyday season in India sees greater than 10 venues used.