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Eight matches involving five BPL teams are under scrutiny, with 10 players, including six from the national team and two overseas players, being investigated.
Amidst frenetic cricket action spanning all three formats and almost all the major countries, the news that caught the eye of this column relates to allegations of spot-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League.
Ironically, the week the story broke also marks 14 years since the International Cricket Council, on 5 February 2011, banned Pakistan players Salman Butt (ten years), Mohammed Amir (five years) and Mohammad Asif (seven years) after a tribunal adjudged them guilty of spot-fixing, and a London court subsequently handed out jail terms to all three players and to agent Mazhar Majeed, who was heard on tape …
The ruling party’s control over state institutions has come to look like ordinary governance. Reversing this capture is essential to restoring India’s constitutional democracy.
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
Fresh attacks in the country appear to have triggered another escalation in the Mideast conflict; Saudi Arabia wants tighter oversight on UAE transfers; and other important updates.
