Shocking! 2011 world cup won by India was fixed?

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Cricket which might not be as big game as football but is very much popular in many Asian and South African countries. In India, it is followed like a religion and people eagerly waits for the world cup. But a shocking news has revealed that the 2011 world cup which was played in India was fixed.

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World’s leading media outlet Al Jazeera have recently put out an investigative documentary in which a match-fixer claimed to have fixed at least 15 international matches.

Aneel Munawar, an alleged match-fixer on ICC’s radar, is said to have been involved in 26 spot-fixing instances in six Tests, six ODIs and three World T20 matches between 2011-12, according to Al Jazeera’s investigative documentary released on Sunday (October 21). Titled ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers: The Munawar Files’, the documentary claims fixed passages of play in seven matches by England players, five matches by Australia players, three matches by Pakistan players, and in one match by players from another country.

The high-profile matches under the scanner this time include the 2011 Lord’s Test between England and India and the 2011 Cape Town Test between South Africa and Australia, along with five matches in the 2011 World Cup and three in the 2012 World T20 in Sri Lanka. The documentary also pointed out at possibly successful spot-fixing in each of the three England-Pakistan Tests in 2012 in the UAE.

However, England Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia have denied the accusations made in the documentary.

Matches that were allegedly fixed:

  1. Australia vs England, ODI, 21 Jan 2011
  2. Australia vs Zimbabwe, ODI World Cup, 21 Feb 2011
  3. England vs Netherlands, ODI World Cup, 22 Feb 2011
  4. Australia vs Kenya, ODI World Cup, 13 Mar 2011
  5. England vs South Africa, ODI World Cup, 6 Mar 2011
  6. England vs Bangladesh, ODI World Cup, 11 Mar 2011
  7. England vs India, Test, 21-25 Jul 2011
  8. South Africa vs Australia, Test, 09-11 Nov 2011
  9. Australia vs New Zealand, Test, 09-12 Dec 2011
  10. England vs Pakistan, Test, 17-19 Jan 2012
  11. England vs Pakistan, Test, 25-28 Jan 2012
  12. England vs Pakistan, Test, 03-06 Feb 2012
  13. England vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup, 21 Sep 2012
  14. South Africa vs Pakistan, T20 World Cup, 28 Sep 2012
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