GV during match 9 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on the 28th March 2024. (Sportzpics)
According to reports, BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, which is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the sport, had evicted a couple of bookies at two of Rajasthan Royals’ fixtures this season, one at home against Delhi Capitals and another during RR’s away game against Mumbai Indians.
The 2024 season of the Indian Premier League is in full swing and the T20 extravaganza brings with it a sense of joy, celebration, and cricketing action this time of the year.
However, the money-rich league also has to deal with certain unwelcome factors such as the involvement of bookies trying to make a quick buck off the fast-paced sporting event.
According to reports, BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit, which is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the sport, has evicted a couple of bookies at two of Rajasthan Royals’ fixtures this season.
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The First of the two instances was RR’s home game against Delhi Capital on the 28th of March and the second one was RR’s game on the road against Mumbai Indians at the famous Wankhede in Mumbai in their 1st April fixture.
The ACU reportedly evicted two suspected individuals from the corporate box at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium and handed them over to the police and an FIR was duly lodged against the alleged bookies.
Similarly, a couple of individuals were handed over to the Mumbai Police during the MI vs RR fixture at the Wankhede, however, it turned out to be an incident of mistaken identity as a Marine Drive Police Officer expressed that neither of them had any evidence of untoward activity involving the game on their electronic gadgets.
Notably, the corporate box at the Wankhede Stadium has a strict invite-only policy with no tickets for permit into the exclusive area being sold to the public.
A BCCI official further stated that the ACU has been doing its best to keep elements of corruption away from the money-spinning T20 spectacle.