How Indian police say the Indian Premier League spot fixing occured

TOWELS in pants, untucked shirts and short, wide deliveries: These are incidents at the centre of the IPL spot fixing scandal

TOWELS in pants, untucked shirts and short, wide deliveries: These are incidents at the centre of the IPL spot fixing scandal

INDIAN police yesterday arrest three Indian players – Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - for spot fixing in Indian Premier League matches.

All accusations centre around alleged agreements between the bowlers and bookmakers to give away a certain number of runs in a specific over.

The player would indicate to the bookies which over it would be through signals such as place a locket on top of their shirt, untuck shirts and vests and tuck a towel into their pants.

Here’s the moments that police said had raised their suspicions.

INCIDENT No.1
Pune Warriors India v Rajasthan Royals - May 5, 2013

Ajit Chandila gave away 14 runs in his second over, but forgot to give the pre-determined sign so the bookies missed a chance to bet.
This led to arguments and demand for return of the money.

Here’s how Cricinfo recorded the over
Chandila to Finch, 1 run, wide down the leg side, but he gets some bat on it, and takes a single to short fine
Chandila to Uthappa, FOUR, too straight with the fine leg up, and he has been swept away for four
Chandila to Uthappa, FOUR, too short, outside off, Uthappa backs away to make room and cut him in front of square for four
Chandila to Uthappa, no run, quicker delivery, skids on towards off, defended off the back foot
Chandila to Uthappa, 1 run, tossed up, middle and leg, driven to long-on
Chandila to Finch, FOUR, full, on the pads, and the leg-side field is up, and it has been swept away for four

INCIDENT No.2
Rajasthan Royals vs KXIP – May 9, 2013

sreesanth

Sreesanth was told to give the bookies a signal by putting a towel in his trousers. He gave bookies time to bet by warming up and then went on to concede 13 runs off the over.
The police have records of a call where it was decided that Sreesanth would give 14 or more runs in the second over of his spell.

Here’s how Cricinfo recorded the over
Sreesanth to Marsh, no run, short of length and that's been cut away to the off side, straight to the fielder
Sreesanth to Marsh, FOUR, drilled through extra-cover for a four, that's very full and while it did not come off the middle of the bat, it's hit in the gap and rushes away
Sreesanth to Marsh, no run, that's thrown up wide outside the off stump and he does get some bat on it, but not off the middle yet again and it goes to the fielder
Sreesanth to Marsh, 1 run, short ball, wants to pull it away but for the third time this over, the middle of the bat is missing, hits the top edge of the bat and lands at mid-wicket, there's no-one there and off for a single
Sreesanth to Gilchrist, FOUR, short again but Gilly is no Marsh, he gets the pull away and it's off the middle of the bat, pulled away for a four
Sreesanth to Gilchrist, FOUR, blasted back to the fence but it's not timed too well and still goes to the fence, fuller in length but it came slower than what Gilly expected, he had gone through with the shot and hits the toe end of the bat, Sreesanth pulls his hand out of the way and it rolls down to the fence

INCIDENT No.3
Rajasthan Royal vs Mumbai Indians -
Ankeet was asked to concede 14 or more runs in the second over of his spell.

How Cricinfo recorded the over:
Chavan to Maxwell, SIX, short, slow and Maxwell's rocked back and smashed it over mid-wicket for a six, missed four, hit two
Chavan to Maxwell, 2 runs, and again, this was outside the off stump, was looking to hoick it away but not off the middle of the bat, couple of runs to the left of deep mid-wicket
Chavan to Maxwell, SIX, and now it's been smashed over the bowler's head for a six! it was fuller and Maxwell's tonking them away, over the bowler for a max!
Chavan to Maxwell, no run, shortens his length, on the middle stump and wants to cut it away, not off the middle to the short cover
Chavan to Maxwell, 1 run, and he is not holding back, was going down the track to smack it over the in-field, gets an inside edge that runs away to fine-leg for a single
Chavan to Tare, no run, quicker and flatter, patted to the off side and not for a run