New Delhi: The recent arrest of S Sreesanth,
Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan has opened a Pandora’s Box of cricketers,
bookies and fixers. While match-fixing has existed for a long time, spot-fixing
is a recent phenomenon. Its existence has been attributed to Twenty20 cricket,
whose vulnerable format is susceptible to spot-fixing.
Spot-fixing is
different from match-fixing since it involves ‘fixing’ singular, isolated
events rather than the entire match. Fixers don’t need the entire team on
board; they can make do with one or two players. This makes detection of spot
fixing particularly difficult but not impossible.
Like poker players,
spot-fixers have a ‘tell’ or a sign that gives them away. The entire 40000
crore fixing syndicate has been revealed. The modus-operandi is quite simple.
The sportsman in question will give a sign about the way he’s going to play the
game and the fixer will place the bet.
Click next to see
the secret language of spot fixing decoded
Tying
shoelaces
When a bowler is
about to bowl an easy ball, he will bend to tie his shoelaces. Depending upon
the batsman, the fixer will place a bet on a four or a six
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