How mid-day covered the India vs South Africa match-fixing scandal in 2000

25 May,2025 09:58 AM IST |  Mumbai  |  Team SMD

The turn of the millennium was a tough time for cricket reporters, who at times wondered whether they were on the crime beat!

After Outlook magazine publishes a report that said a bookie had approached Sachin Tendulkar before the 1996 Titan Cup final in Mumbai, we ask him about it — this is what he told us


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The BCCI has just banned Nayan Mongia and others. We go to the W Railway ground in Mahalaxmi to seek a reaction from the India wicket-keeper who is playing an inter-office game. We see his cheerful side at first and then his anguish

This paper goes big with the Tehelka tapes story. A good amount of pages are allotted for transcripts of interviews done through a spy cam. This is Ravi Shastri unplugged

Also Read: Notes on a scandal: Looking back at 2000 India vs South Africa match-fixing case

Our reporter is in Dhaka for an ICC-backed match when the Hansie Cronje story breaks. Yet, ICC chief Jagmohan Dalmiya says there is no need for concern

Opinions fly thick and fast in a controversy. So we asked the experts, the ex-Test players what do they think about India still picking players who are accused in the match-fixng controversy

Manoj Prabhakar tells ex-BCCI president Indrajit Singh Bindra that it was Kapil Dev who offered him Rs 25 lakh to underperform in 1994. Our UK writer files a story about how Kapil Dev reacted to the allegation on UK Radio while batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, as the headline says, is stumped

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