IPL spot-fixing mess: Mumbai bookie names four Sunrisers players

Bookie Chandresh Patel, who was arrested by the Mumbai police, has told the cops that he met up with four players from the Hyderabad Sunrisers side, according to a report in The Indian Express . The players, whose names are in the chargesheet that was filed by the Mumbai police go by the name of “Perera, Bihari, Ashish Reddy and Karn Sharma.”

The Indian Express report also quotes Patel in the chargesheet saying that the occured on the eve of the Pune Warriors versus Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) game that took place in Pune during IPL 6, on April 17.

The most shocking allegation recording in the chargesheet in that the match itself was fixed.

Of the players named, Ashish Reddy, 22, is an allrounder who plays for Hyderabad. The 25-year-old Karn Sharma is a leg-break bowler who earned a lot of praise last season and represents Railways in first-class cricket. The only Perera with the Sunrisers is Thisara Perera, who has represented Sri Lanka in six Tests and 63 ODIs. There is no Bihari in the tam but there is a Hanuma Vihari, a top-order batsman, who also opened the bowling at times.

Apart from the cricketers, Patel’s statements also names “Ashish Reddy’s brother” Pritam Reddy, as being present at the Le Meridien hotel in Pune on April 16.

All the ’named’ cricketers played the said match.

Read the entire Indian Express report HERE