Cricket Corruption: 'It is important to tell the new generation that a player becomes great not by money but by good performance'
GETTY IMAGES I am your fan You are a very good player. Can you go to dinner with me? I have a great sponsor. " This kind of talk is usually heard by cricketers from a stranger and when the stranger succeeds in gaining the trust of the players, then the matter escalates and takes a different approach. What is the mood of the team? Which team will play tomorrow? What will be the betting order? Which bowler will have the first change in bowling? Obviously, those who ask such questions have a specific purpose and this is where the trouble begins that the players fall into the hands of such a person or mafia whether they want to or not. The three Pakistani cricketers, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir, who were banned by the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal in February 2011 for their involvement in cricket corruption, also had the background that they were such a person. He followed the instruc...