Bookie Sanjeev Chawla says Cricket Match-Fixing is Rife, "No Cricket Match is Played Fairly"

Illegal bookmaker Sanjeev Chawꦺla, the prime suspect in the Hansie Cronje🌃 cricket match-fixing case which revolves around the South Africa tour of India in 2000, has made several disturbing claims in his disclosure statement to the Delhi police.

Among the troubling r🔜evelations is Chawla's assertion that "no cricket match is fairly played" and "all the cricket matches people see are fixed".

New Delhi-born Chawla, who became a British citizen in 2000ꦰ, was extradited to India from the UK in February of this 𓂃year to face charges of match-fixing.

He has poin🍬ted to dangerous underworld figures that influence and dec꧋ide cricket matches as if they were "movies which are already being directed by someone".

The syndica🎶te have allegedly mad🌌e the case's investigating office DCP (Crime Branch) Dr G Ram Gopal Naik a target, with his life under threat.

Chawla has confessed to match-fixing for years when based in♍ London. But 🌳he has been reluctant to share further details since “a very big syndicate/underworld mafia is involved in this matter and they are dangerous people and if he says anything they will get him killed".

E🔯arlier this month Chawla was released on bail from Tihar jail, but the Supreme Court will hear the matteꦚr next month.

Chawla's alleged as🎃sociates - Krishan Kumar, Rajesh Kalra, and Sunil Dara - are also out on bail.

Delhi police have argued Chawla's🍃 non-cooperation in the investigation proves his guilt. When contacted for comment, Special CP (Crime) Praveer Ranja🦩n said, "Since the matter is still under investigation, we may not be able to share any intricate details."

The case relies on a conversation transcript between Chawla and Hansie, which hints at the exchange of i🔥nside information for cash.

Cronje, f෴ormer captain of South Africa and widely regarded as one of the best-ever Proteus players, admitted to the South Africa government-appointed King Commission that he had accepted money from book🍒makers for underperforming.

In 2002 at💜 the age of 32, Cronje died in a plane crash, leading to conspiracies that he was murdered to hide the truth about wide-scale match-fixing.

No evid🌠ence has been provided to back up those theories, and in August 2006 a South Africa High Court inquest concluded that "the death of the deceased Wessel Johannes Cᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚronje was brought about by an act or omission prima facie amounting to an offence on the part of pilots."

Match-fixing allegations have plagued cricket in recent years, including alleged manipulation in the IPL.