Cricket is known as the game of glorious uncertainties, but the Delhi police’s move to charge the late Hansie Cronje in the 2000 match fixing case is straight out of Ripley’s Believe it or Not! The decision begs the question: ‘What took them so long?’

When the Delhi cops got hold of the tapes which had the then South African captain talking to bookmakers, they were credited for unearthing the ugly side of cricket’s underbelly. Players involved in the controversy ended being penalised by their respective boards in terms of bans and suspensions. In many ways, cricket was never the same.