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Indians decry match fixing accusation |
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June 14, 2000
NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian cricket officials on Tuesday rejected a suggestion by the South African cricket chief that India's World Cup victory against arch-rival Pakistan may have been fixed.
"We fought hard. I don't feel Pakistan gave away the match," said Anshuman Gaekwad, who was coach of the Indian team that defeated Pakistan by 47 runs at Old Trafford last year.
"Pakistan fought hard before going down," he told reporters in Baroda, a western Indian city.l
"The South Africans have no business to talk about Indian and Pakistani cricket," said Jayant Lele, secretary of the Board of Cricket Control for India. "We totally deny it. It is malicious fiction."
"Without any evidence, they are just putting names in papers ...We will take it up with the International Cricket Council," Lele said.
In Cape Town, Bacher, the managing director of the United Cricket Board, on Monday testified before a commission of inquiry investigating corruption in South African cricket that numerous reliable sources had told him about matchfixing since 1995.
After the 1999 World Cup, Bacher said former Pakistan captain Majid Khan told him two matches had been fixed - between India and Pakistan and between Pakistan and Bangladesh.
"If he had anything, why didn't Bacher keep quiet all this while," Gaekwad said.
Meanwhile, India's federal investigating agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation, questioned wicket-keeper Nayan Mongia on Tuesday regarding accusations that former Indian skipper Kapil Dev had offered 2.5 million rupees (dlrs 56,818) to an Indian player to perform poorly in a match against Pakistan in 1994.
Dev has denied the charge.
The Indian government ordered an inquiry last month following charges of match fixing against some Indian players. |