In the eight years since its inception, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has seen its fair share of controversies. However, the sixth season of the league, in 2013, threw up issues, that have since, snowballed into a saga, bringing the game much disrepute. Players were alleged to have fixed games, team owners were found to be involved in betting, cricket administrators were accused of protecting perpetrators and the highest judicial body in the country had to be summoned to fix the mess.
IPL Spot-fixing Controversy: Everybody wins, except the fan © Cricbuzz
The following timeline traces the series of events that began with the arrests of three players of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.
Delhi police arrest S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila of Rajasthan Royals on charges of spot-fixing during IPL 2013. Eleven bookies are arrested, too. One of the bookies arrested is Amit Singh, a former player of Rajasthan Royals.
BCCI suspends the trio from playing any form of cricket after which the Indian Sports Ministry asks IPL authorities to hand out deterrent punishment to the three cricketers if they are found guilty.
BCCI President, N Srinivasan, states that one can't tarnish the IPL brand because of a few ugly incidents.
Royals skipper, Rahul Dravid expresses disappointment and shock over the developments, in a media statement.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) offers full support to BCCI and the Delhi Police in their investigation.
Arrested players taken in to five days of police custody for investigation.
Delhi Police release a
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