By Abhinava Shrivastava
Introduction
On November 8, 2012, the Andhra Pradesh High Court (“Court”) overturned the life-ban handed out to former Indian cricket captain, Mohammad Azharuddin (“Azharuddin”) by the Disciplinary Committee (“Committee”) of Board of Control for Cricket in India (“BCCI”) in 2000 for his alleged engagement...
By Fatema Merchant
Introduction
The recent averments made by Mohammed Amir that he was blackmailed into bowling no-ball deliveries by Mazhar Majeed and the spot fixing assertions against professional football, volleyball and baseball players of South Korea have brought the much debated issue of match fixing in...
By Vidya Narayanswamy
Introduction
Match-fixing and spot-fixing are seen as some of modern cricket’s greatest challenges, as they undermine public confidence in the authenticity and integrity of the game. Although suspected to have existed since the 1990s, law-enforcement authorities and cricket boards woke up to the challenge...