Cricket is now a popular sport among all kinds of sports. Cricket may be born in England but it is famous all over the world. The ICC or International Cricket Council is the head of all Cricketing Nations which looks after the game and creates rules and laws for the Game. There are three types of cricket mainly. They are Test, One-Day, and T20 cricket among which T20 Cricket has grown its popularity today. Australia, India, South Africa, and Pakistan are some leading Nations in International Cricket. Since the Inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 which was won by India, there have been domestic cash-rich leagues like the IPL (Indian Premier League), BBL (Big Bash League, Australia), etc. which give domestic players an opportunity to perform with the International stars as well provides a chance to play in the National team. These cash-reach leagues attract foreigners to play in the Tournament and also attract Bookies for fixing.
Fixing has been seen many
times in Cricket. Matches have been fixed while spot-fixing is also seen.
Former India Captain and legend Md. Azharuddin was caught in match-fixing in a
World Cup match due to which he could not continue his cricketing career from then. Some years ago 3 Pakistani players were
arrested and suspended from Cricket in a series against England. It created huge
pollution in the Cricketing world and since then people started losing faith in Cricketers and the game. Also, a few IPL players from a franchise were caught in spot-fixing a few seasons ago and were arrested among them was an Indian
International player. Several Bookies were also arrested. was one of
the Bookies. These Bookies offer large amounts of money to perform poorly and betray the team. This shows how players play for money not for pride
and destiny. The IPL has turned Indian Paisa League instead of the Indian Premier League. Cricket has lost its pride and the faith of its people.
If a player is getting lakhs and crores in a tournament then how can he be
involved in fixing?. This doesn’t signify that all players are involved in it or
the tournament is to be blamed for it. There should be certain strict rules and
regulations by the boards and ICC that the players should adhere to it.
How far these activities will
continue or the players will do? Will cricket end? There are a lot of questions
but only one answer is that Cricket will never end nor the players will fix it unless they will learn a lesson like these players who were caught recently. Hope Cricket will regain its popularity like before.
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