Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan and team principal of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested for betting on IPL matches.
Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan and the effective team principal of Chennai Super Kings, was arrested by Mumbai Police on 24 May 2013 for his involvement in betting on IPL matches. His arrest came in the wake of the broader spot-fixing scandal that had rocked IPL 2013.
The investigation revealed that Meiyappan had been placing bets on IPL matches and had been in contact with bookmakers. Mumbai Police charged him with cheating and conspiracy. The BCCI initially tried to distance itself from the scandal, and Srinivasan refused to step down from his position despite the clear conflict of interest.
The Supreme Court of India appointed a three-member committee headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal to investigate the scandal. The Mudgal Committee found Meiyappan guilty of betting and passing on team information to bookmakers. A subsequent committee headed by Justice R.M. Lodha imposed sweeping reforms on the BCCI, including a two-year ban on Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL.
Meiyappan was banned from any involvement in cricket activities. The scandal exposed the deep conflict of interest at the heart of Indian cricket, where the BCCI president's family had financial interests in an IPL franchise while the BCCI was supposed to be regulating the league. It led to landmark Supreme Court interventions that reshaped the governance of Indian cricket.
CSK suspended for two years from IPL (2016-17). Meiyappan banned from cricket. Lodha Committee imposed sweeping BCCI reforms.
Cricket Canada
12 May 2026
ICC suspended six months of funding to Cricket Canada over governance failures and financial misreporting — 63% of their total revenue.
Multiple franchises
8 May 2026
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Various county sides
1865-08-01
Despite MCC's attempts to reduce gambling on cricket through the 1840s and 1850s, county cricket in the 1860s still operated in a culture where betting was widespread and where allegations of arranged results circulated freely among those closest to the game. Several county fixtures of the decade generated suspicion among contemporaries that the outcome had been agreed in advance, though the absence of formal investigation meant that no players were ever charged.