"Bookies mostly come from India where they have their headquarters" : Saeed Ajmal

[Abdullah719]

Cricketer Saeed Ajmal said that most bookies comes from India, while there is a large network in Bangladesh as well.

Speaking to ARY News, Ajmal said that players especially youngsters should have a clear conscience and should be wary of such offers to lead them astray.

“These bookies mostly come from India where they have their headquarters. They also have a large network in Bangladesh.”

“If the players have a clear conscience then no can can allure them towards match fixing,” he said.

He cautioned that players will continue to be approached and receive offers from bookies, particularly younger ones as they are not much aware of these issues.

He said Sarfaraz Ahmed has played his role and maintained the respect and dignity of this nation. He urged all players, in case they receive any offer, should immediately inform the cricket authorities.

Earlier, it has been reported that a Pakistani player had been approached by bookies with a spot-fixing offer which was immediately turned down and reported to cricket authorities.

This was confirmed by Pakistan Cricket Board Najam Sethi who refused to share further information. The matter was reported to the anti-corruption unit and is being investigated by the International Cricket Council.

https://arynews.tv/en/bookies-mostly-come-india-saeed-ajmal/

 

[90MPH]

Lol @ Ajmal.

Everyone knows this bro, but no one wants to talk about it.

 

[MenInG]

And where do the people who take money from these evil bookies come from?

 

[Sunny786]

I am surprised with people praising Sarfraz for doing the right thing. It shows how bad things have gotten in Pakistan when its come our morals.

 

[Madplayer]

I am surprised with people praising Sarfraz for doing the right thing. It shows how bad things have gotten in Pakistan when its come our morals.

If you return someone's lost wallet and he praises you for your honesty, would that surprise you as well?

 

[tandapanii]

And where do the people who take money from these evil bookies come from?

What is your point? Are you trying to claim only Pakistanis spot or match fix?

 

[another drop catch]

What is your point? Are you trying to claim only Pakistanis spot or match fix?

There is no harm in accepting truth

 

[Madplayer]

There is no harm in accepting truth

Sreesanth says hi

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

India is the mothership of criminial bookies.

 

[Hitman]

And what compels the players to opt for match/spot fixing?

 

[MenInG]

What is your point? Are you trying to claim only Pakistanis spot or match fix?

In this context yes.

Last year the whole conversation was about Pakistani so yes

 

[90MPH]

And what compels the players to opt for match/spot fixing?

His point is an fair one. Everyone should be targeted regarding match fixing otherwise it will never be contained or eradicated.

 

[another drop catch]

Sreesanth says hi

wow i was unaware that sreesanth fixed in international matches like Pak trio
. . . . now drag azharuddin ? ? ? ? ?

 

[IAJ]

The issue is not where the bookies come from, but our players who fall in their traps.

 

[tandapanii]

In this context yes.

Last year the whole conversation was about Pakistani so yes

So you issue is you have not researched the matter as much as you should have done. Do you even know the massive scandal in IPL cricket 2 seasons ago?

See, research pir bolo, warna to hum sug to niche kach do ghai!

 

[90MPH]

wow i was unaware that sreesanth fixed in international matches like Pak trio
. . . . now drag azharuddin ? ? ? ? ?

Ok sssshhh. Don't drag these legends like Azhar into the debate.

 

[MenInG]

So you issue is you have not researched the matter as much as you should have done. Do you even know the massive scandal in IPL cricket 2 seasons ago?

See, research pir bolo, warna to hum sug to niche kach do ghai!

My research shows Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif

All international players.

 

[Itachi]

So you issue is you have not researched the matter as much as you should have done. Do you even know the massive scandal in IPL cricket 2 seasons ago?

See, research pir bolo, warna to hum sug to niche kach do ghai!

I think you should do a bit research on who is MenInG is lol.

 

[MenInG]

His point is an fair one. Everyone should be targeted regarding match fixing otherwise it will never be contained or eradicated.

I agree but our players are vulnerable and need to be watched oover

 

[MMHS]

During T20 WC of 2014, I was back home and went for a hair cut. There was a long cue and I was watching the highlights of last game (forgot which one) sitting patiently. Soon I realized that saloon was a hub for bookie syndicate in our neighbourhood & most of the crowd is a cover up - in about an hour, there were instant bets over phone for 2 matches that evening (punters were putting bets on phone and one guy was giving them hand notes ... and they were confirmed by a coded SMS!!!!), I believe bets over 10 million (yes one crore) were placed in that period. That was mind blowing information for me - people who almost live by hand to mouth and having no idea of cricket are putting 10,000; 25,000 at random. Big shop owners went in lacs, even millions on the big ticket items like winners or MoM. Such silent, smooth operation that police had very little to do covering up - they were happy to collect their daily share (local thana is about 100 metres away and a good number of punters were in their in duty khaki).

That day actually told me that we need to legalize betting in BD. Some people are making in millions silently - legalizing it can make the environment better regulated and Govt can earn lot in tax.

 

[Madplayer]

wow i was unaware that sreesanth fixed in international matches like Pak trio
. . . . now drag azharuddin ? ? ? ? ?

Lol what logic is that? It is okay for an Indian to murder another Indian but its not okay to murder a foreigner? Is that what you mean?

 

[pkwdpassion]

Pretty true statement India is the home of all this underworld bookmakers.

The alleged bookie who approached Sarfraz, was also employed with an indian company. Investigation is ongoing whether the person is doing it himself or is frontman for some indian hand.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Chennai team was thrown out of the IPL, do anyone really believe that the big players were not involved?

 

[cricketjoshila]

Chennai team was thrown out of the IPL, do anyone really believe that the big players were not involved?

Please atleast read what was the reason for CSKs 2 year suspension.

CSK team principal was accused of betting.Betting is illegal in India.You can do the same in places like UK and its legal.They were not accused of fixing.

Learn the difference.

 

[waleed88]

Ajmal shouldn't just point out 'India' for this, as there are alot of Pakistanis involved in the same. Its a global problem, with no one origin to it. Corruption exists everywhere.

 

[Finisher]

Please atleast read what was the reason for CSKs 2 year suspension.

CSK team principal was accused of betting.Betting is illegal in India.You can do the same in places like UK and its legal.They were not accused of fixing.

Learn the difference.

Professional footballers are banned from making any bets on their own sport.

 

[Sidilicious]

Professional footballers are banned from making any bets on their own sport.

None of the professionals of CSK or RR made the bets. It was the owners. And since betting is illegal in India, the CSK owners were reprimanded.

 

[Finisher]

None of the professionals of CSK or RR made the bets. It was the owners. And since betting is illegal in India, the CSK owners were reprimanded.

No Participant can bet on a match or competition in which they are involved that season, or which they can influence, or any other football-related matter concerning the league that they play in.
These rules apply to Everyone involved within the sport, from junior players to club staff and Management

 

[Sidilicious]

No Participant can bet on a match or competition in which they are involved that season, or which they can influence, or any other football-related matter concerning the league that they play in.
These rules apply to Everyone involved within the sport, from junior players to club staff and Management

And the ones who did bet, got reprimanded! I am not sure whats your point.

 

[CricketCartoons]

poor excuse. There will always be bookies. It is the duty of the players to put their country above their greed.

 

[Finisher]

And the ones who did bet, got reprimanded! I am not sure whats your point.

I don't think I quoted u did I?
My point was for Cricketjoshila

 

[MenInG]

poor excuse. There will always be bookies. It is the duty of the players to put their country above their greed.

Agreed and that is all we need to worry about.

 

[Bilal7]

Ajmal continuing to bowl doosras at the Indians to good effect. Man, I miss him in our team though. What a great LO bowler.

Had Ajmal still been part of the team, the current bowling attack would have a claim at being one of the very best of all-time.

 

[www787]

Fact: large number of bookies and large sum of money comes from India.
Fact: In last few years mostly Pakistani, Indian, and Bangladeshi players were involved.

Now, why are people getting bent out of shape for him stating the facts?

 

[KingKhanWC]

poor excuse. There will always be bookies. It is the duty of the players to put their country above their greed.

Most players do but some dont and they come from various nations.

There is a big underground gambling market in India but you can't expect a lame government to stop this.

All Indians should be banned from talking to any Pakistan players.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Most players do but some dont and they come from various nations.

There is a big underground gambling market in India but you can't expect a lame government to stop this.

All Indians should be banned from talking to any Pakistan players.

Yes, a shame that PCB is not taking this obvious approach of banning Indians from talking to Pakistani players. Would have at least prevented some getting influenced by the bookies. Other boards should also take this obvious common sense approach.

Those who fall to the lure of bookies need to be ashamed of themselves. Don't deserve to be representing their country.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Fact: large number of bookies and large sum of money comes from India.
Fact: In last few years mostly Pakistani, Indian, and Bangladeshi players were involved.

Now, why are people getting bent out of shape for him stating the facts?

The facts are valid. But it should not be an excuse for players falling to bookies.

It is like saying the world is covered with dirt, so it must be covered with leather, as the onus is not on me to wear shoes.

 

[Railu Katta]

My research shows Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif

All international players.

My research shows Prabhakar, Jadeja, azhruddin and sreesanth, hansie Cronje, tsotsobe and others

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Bitter truth.

 

[MenInG]

Yes, a shame that PCB is not taking this obvious approach of banning Indians from talking to Pakistani players. Would have at least prevented some getting influenced by the bookies. Other boards should also take this obvious common sense approach.

Those who fall to the lure of bookies need to be ashamed of themselves. Don't deserve to be representing their country.

I know there is a joke there somewhere but you are 100% right

Bookies approach our players because they are vulnerable. This is what PCB needs to address. You cannot eliminate bookies.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

My research shows Prabhakar, Jadeja, azhruddin and sreesanth, hansie Cronje, tsotsobe and others

None of the guys in your list came back to cricket again.

 

[Varun]

Ajmal continuing to bowl doosras at the Indians to good effect. Man, I miss him in our team though. What a great LO bowler.

From memory, Ajmal was never effective against us. A wicket here or there - that's all.

As for his comment, of course there are tons of cricket-related bookies in India. Why it's largely Pakistan's cricketers who fall for them is another debate.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Yes, a shame that PCB is not taking this obvious approach of banning Indians from talking to Pakistani players. Would have at least prevented some getting influenced by the bookies. Other boards should also take this obvious common sense approach.

Those who fall to the lure of bookies need to be ashamed of themselves. Don't deserve to be representing their country.

Well said.

Why doesn't India legalise sports gambling? This would help reduce such black market betting.

 

[KingKhanWC]

From memory, Ajmal was never effective against us. A wicket here or there - that's all.

As for his comment, of course there are tons of cricket-related bookies in India. Why it's largely Pakistan's cricketers who fall for them is another debate.

Pakistani's may just be better at getting caught. Indians players aren't immune to corruption.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Well said.

Why doesn't India legalise sports gambling? This would help reduce such black market betting.

UK has legalized sports gambling, but hasn't been able to prevent match/spot fixing on its soil. That is not the solution. The solution is to prevent indians from talking to any foreign players. If possible to snatch away their phones (indians, not the players) when a match is on.

 

[Varun]

Pakistani's may just be better at getting caught. Indians players aren't immune to corruption.

You need to name names of Indian players you suspect of fixing games and not getting caught, to substantiate your claim.

 

[KingKhanWC]

UK has legalized sports gambling, but hasn't been able to prevent match/spot fixing on its soil. That is not the solution. The solution is to prevent indians from talking to any foreign players. If possible to snatch away their phones (indians, not the players) when a match is on.

But the bookies in the Pak incident of 2010 were from India and I suspect the rest are too in cricket related incidents.

Surely legalising it would weaken their market?

 

[KingKhanWC]

You need to name names of Indian players you suspect of fixing games and not getting caught, to substantiate your claim.

I never said Indian players never get caught. I just said Pakistani's MAY be better at getting caught.

Heres a list of some Indian cricketers banned for fixing.

TP Sudhindra
Mohnish Mishra
Amit Yadav
Abhinav Bali
Shalabh Srivastava
Amit Singh
Siddharth Trivedi
Mohammed Azharuddin
Ajay Sharma
Ajay Jadeja
Sreesanth

 

[CricketCartoons]

But the bookies in the Pak incident of 2010 were from India and I suspect the rest are too in cricket related incidents.

Surely legalising it would weaken their market?

I don't think we need such roundabout methods to check bookies. Better to just ban Indians from communicating with players, whether in person or phone/facebook/whatsapp. Since it is not possible to monitor all indians, so the next approach will be to monitor all players and their online accounts to see if they are communicating with indians. Match/Spot fixing will be history.

 

[Bilal7]

From memory, Ajmal was never effective against us. A wicket here or there - that's all.

As for his comment, of course there are tons of cricket-related bookies in India. Why it's largely Pakistan's cricketers who fall for them is another debate.

Averaged in single digits in his tour of India and apart from that Asia Cup game in Bangladesh, he's always been good against India everywhere else.

 

[Saj]

Saeed will shortly be working for the United Nations

 

[cricketjoshila]

Professional footballers are banned from making any bets on their own sport.

Which is why Csk and RR were suspended.But that doesnt make them fixers.

 

[Tusker]

I never said Indian players never get caught. I just said Pakistani's MAY be better at getting caught.

Heres a list of some Indian cricketers banned for fixing.

TP Sudhindra
Mohnish Mishra
Amit Yadav
Abhinav Bali
Shalabh Srivastava
Amit Singh
Siddharth Trivedi
Mohammed Azharuddin
Ajay Sharma
Ajay Jadeja
Sreesanth

Azhar was cleared of any wrong doing after a lengthy court battle. I think Ajay Jadeja was also similarly cleared (not sure)

 

[Saj]

Where there's cash, players will dash.

Cricketers tend to befriend people with money and people who can provide them with what interests them - irrespective of nationality.

 

[www787]

The facts are valid. But it should not be an excuse for players falling to bookies.

It is like saying the world is covered with dirt, so it must be covered with leather, as the onus is not on me to wear shoes.

My comments was in context of what Ajmal said, Which is fact.

You stated the obvious to which anyone would agree.

And it’s true some players have and will continue to indulge in fixing, likelihood of those player are and will be from sub-continent.

 

[CricketCartoons]

My comments was in context of what Ajmal said, Which is fact.

You stated the obvious to which anyone would agree.

And it’s true some players have and will continue to indulge in fixing, likelihood of those player are and will be from sub-continent.

Not so obvious. As some are calling for covering the land so that they get away by not wearing shoes.

 

[Suleiman]

Like ending Sachin's ODI career wasn't enough, why keep yourself in the bad light in Indian media? Unnecessary comments, he should try to maintain goodwill as a former player.

 

[www787]

Not so obvious. As some are calling for covering the land so that they get away by not wearing shoes.

In a civilized society you need to cover the land and punish the one who refuse to wear shows.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I never said Indian players never get caught. I just said Pakistani's MAY be better at getting caught.

Heres a list of some Indian cricketers banned for fixing.

TP Sudhindra
Mohnish Mishra
Amit Yadav
Abhinav Bali
Shalabh Srivastava
Amit Singh
Siddharth Trivedi
Mohammed Azharuddin
Ajay Sharma
Ajay Jadeja
Sreesanth

Mohnish Mishra
Abhinav Bali
Amit Yadav

Didnt fix anything. They were banned for 1yr because of making false claims againist Team owners,where they claimed that they received more than their slab amount.

TP Sudhindra was the only one who fixed, that too in a local Indore League match.

Siddharth Trivedi was punished for not reporting approach by a bookie.

Azhar was exonerated by courts.

 

[Sidilicious]

But the bookies in the Pak incident of 2010 were from India and I suspect the rest are too in cricket related incidents.

Surely legalising it would weaken their market?

The bookies in the 2010 scandal had nothing to do with India. The NOTW journalist was a British Pakistani, and so was Mazhar Majeed.

 

[KingKhanWC]

The bookies in the 2010 scandal had nothing to do with India. The NOTW journalist was a British Pakistani, and so was Mazhar Majeed.

It was all a set up, entrapment but my point was the trio were lured because Majeed said he had contacts with bookies in India.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Mohnish Mishra
Abhinav Bali
Amit Yadav

Didnt fix anything. They were banned for 1yr because of making false claims againist Team owners,where they claimed that they received more than their slab amount.

TP Sudhindra was the only one who fixed, that too in a local Indore League match.

Siddharth Trivedi was punished for not reporting approach by a bookie.

Azhar was exonerated by courts.

Not reporting a bookie is punished under similar rulings.

But thanks for the clarification on the rest.

 

[Monsee]

Please atleast read what was the reason for CSKs 2 year suspension.

CSK team principal was accused of betting.Betting is illegal in India.You can do the same in places like UK and its legal.They were not accused of fixing.

Learn the difference.

LOL, so India is such a champion country that it is not the players rather the team owners/admins do all the fixing, whatta country!

 

[cricketjoshila]

LOL, so India is such a champion country that it is not the players rather the team owners/admins do all the fixing, whatta country!

First learn the difference between fixing and betting.

 

[Finisher]

Which is why Csk and RR were suspended.But that doesnt make them fixers.

I think it was the owners of CSK and RR who were betting on their own team's.

 

[cricketjoshila]

I think it was the owners of CSK and RR who were betting on their own team's.

Neither were owners. One was a minority shareholder the other Team Administrator.

Meiyappan and Kundra both lost money according to the police.

 

[srh]

Satan will always try to lure you in doing bad things but it up to you to not fall in Satan's trap. You cannot blame Satan for your sins. Satan wants to take you to hell; thats his job.

 

[BDwarriors]

how come he knows this? did he ever told pcb about it?

 

[Monsee]

First learn the difference between fixing and betting.

Yep, a criminal will def accept all his crimes, it always works out this way with people of high moral values and principles

 

[Finisher]

Neither were owners. One was a minority shareholder the other Team Administrator.

Meiyappan and Kundra both lost money according to the police.

That's still illegal in UK

 

[troodon]

Bookies mostly come from India.

Fixers mostly come from Pakistan

 

[troodon]

Satan will always try to lure you in doing bad things but it up to you to not fall in Satan's trap. You cannot blame Satan for your sins. Satan wants to take you to hell; thats his job.

PCB should find and arrest this Satan guy ASAP.

 

[CanadianG00se]

That's still illegal in UK

They do not operate in UK.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Yep, a criminal will def accept all his crimes, it always works out this way with people of high moral values and principles

Why not post some evidence to support your statement in this case?

 

[IMMY69]

Where there's cash, players will dash.

Cricketers tend to befriend people with money and people who can provide them with what interests them - irrespective of nationality.

Saj, we have to be absolutely certain that it is just the players that get approached and the ones who circum to temptation.

If corruption stems from the top then we may be fighting a losing battle with the players.

 

[Finisher]

They do not operate in UK.

Whats your point

 

[cricketjoshila]

Whats your point

The teams got suspended because some official was betting.That is not fixing.

 

[cricketjoshila]

That's still illegal in UK

For minority share holders?

 

[AAli98]

Here here was speaking to one of the pak officials with the team back in the mid 2000s his words... these players ate only after food money & women results dont matter th them.

 

[Finisher]

The teams got suspended because some official was betting.That is not fixing.

I'm not talking about fixing