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🚨Explosive

Mukesh 'MK' Gupta — The Bookmaker Who Talked to the CBI

Multiple — international

2000-11-01

Once a Syndicate Bank clerk in Delhi, Mukesh Kumar Gupta — alias 'MK' alias 'John' — became the most consequential bookmaker in cricket's match-fixing era. After Hansie Cronje named him in April 2000, Gupta walked into the Central Bureau of Investigation in Delhi, gave a detailed statement, and named Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Salim Malik, Mark Waugh, Shane Warne, Brian Lara, Aravinda de Silva and others as cricketers he had paid for information or under-performance.

#mukesh-gupta#mk#match-fixing
🔥Explosive

Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Match-Fixing

India

5 December 2000

Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life from cricket after a CBI investigation found he had been involved in match-fixing, ending the career of one of India's most stylish batsmen.

#azharuddin#match fixing#ban
🚨Explosive

Mohammad Azharuddin Banned for Life

India vs Various

5 December 2000

Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was banned for life by the BCCI after the CBI found evidence of his involvement in match fixing, based on revelations from the Hansie Cronje investigation.

#azharuddin#india#life ban
🔥Moderate

Sachin Tendulkar vs Mohammad Azharuddin Captaincy Rivalry

India (internal)

1 January 1997

Sachin Tendulkar's brief and unhappy stint as India captain in the late 1990s, replacing Azharuddin, was marked by poor results, factional politics, and the eventual return of captaincy to Azharuddin.

#sachin tendulkar#azharuddin#captaincy