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[man on tape, in Hindi]
Gambling is a part of life.
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If not cricket,
people would bet on something else.
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Our business thrives
only by being illegal.
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If it's all cash,
then it has to be black money.
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We are villains, we are not heroes.
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[Aniruddha Bahal, in English]
I'm passionate about cricket
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like any Indian.
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The game is a beautiful game.
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Poetry in motion.
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So, when I started sports reporting,
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I never imagined that I would be
breaking the lid off anything.
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[commentator 1] And India's captain
has reached his half-century.
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[commentator 2] That is out.
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[Bahal] For the millions of fans,
these players were put on pedestals.
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They were gods.
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[phones ringing]
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But human beings are, uh, fallible.
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And when I started digging,
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I found that, in truth,
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it was a very different game
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and a very ugly game.
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[reporter 1] The cricketing community
has been stunned.
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[reporters clamoring]
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You just get really angry.
You just get so pissed off.
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[reporter 2] Absolutely explosive.
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What will happen next
is impossible to say.
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[Ravi Sawani] The kind of allegations
being made,
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they were absolutely unbelievable.
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[Minty Tejpal] We came up with this plan
to target and trap the cricketers
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using spy cam equipment,
and get the truth out.
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[people shouting]
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Treachery.
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Like you've been stabbed in the back.
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[reporter 3] Now, serious concerns.
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Can cricket survive?
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[commentator 1] Lovely shot.
Glorious shot!
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[Sharda Ugra] The '90s was the era
of superstardom in Indian cricket.
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[commentator 2] And he's picked that up
very cleanly.
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They became
as famous and important as film stars.
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[commentator 2] What a wonderful catch!
That's a brilliant catch!
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The unpredictability,
the beauty of it, the suspense unraveling...
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Anything could happen.
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[commentator 2] Trouble! Big trouble.
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[Karri] It didn't matter who you are,
where you came from,
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you can be the hero of the whole country.
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[Ugra] We wanted to follow our stars.
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[all chanting] India! India!
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We saw almost
a utopian version of what cricket is.
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But when it came to issues
around gambling, I was completely naïve.
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Betting is illegal in India.
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So when we started hearing about bookies,
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we knew it wasn't good stuff,
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but we were just rookie reporters.
We didn't know what was going on.
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We needed someone
to just unravel everything.
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[Bahal] Nobody sees the world
as an investigative reporter.
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See, initially,
I never used to cover sports.
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Then, uh, one of our journalists
in Outlook, I think, he fell sick.
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And so, I became
a sports reporter by accident.
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So I was always an outsider.
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I had few individual friends,
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but I was never
part of that club, so to speak.
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They never broke stories.
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They never pointed
the finger at negative stuff.
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And I felt that
they owed their audience much more.
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[crowd cheering]
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I remember '97...
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I was sitting in the press box,
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and I noticed there was
a whole sort of atmosphere of tension.
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[phone ringing]
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What was strange
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was some of the journalists
would, uh, start getting calls.
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They were talking about
what would happen in the match,
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who is being dropped,
who is not being dropped,
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how is the pitch going to behave.
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He was giving them odds.
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And then I realized that,
"Oh, man! The calls were from bookies."
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[phones ringing]
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You're not supposed to be
talking to bookies from the press box.
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That's an ethical concern.
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I felt a sense of outrage about it.
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That set me thinking.
"What the hell is happening?"
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How deep does it go? How big is the money?
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So, I then started digging, so to speak.
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And I managed to find some bookies.
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They wouldn't allow me
to film them or take photographs.
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In fact,
they didn't even tell us their names.
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But eventually,
some of them were willing to talk.
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[bookie, in Hindi] Every bookie
starts out as a punter.
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In college, I had many vices,
but no money.
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Gambling was the quick fix.
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When I got addicted to money,
I started making others play.
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[phone ringing]
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To kickstart the work,
we need a whole team.
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Many people call this a bookie den.
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We call it a shop.
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[phones ringing]
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[in English] It used to be a madhouse.
And the phones used to be all abuzz.
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Wickets falling, runs being made,
the odds would keep changing.
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So, back then,
it all used to run on trust.
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They have to know who you are
for them to accept your bets.
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[bookie, in Hindi] Everyone is betting.
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Maybe a shopkeeper, maybe a bank manager,
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even college students, especially girls.
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They think, "Yes, I can win this."
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It is a craze.
Everybody wants to become rich.
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[in English] It was alarming. I remember
some of them used to record those calls,
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so the punters couldn't
go back on what they had bet on.
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[bookie, in Hindi] If you try
to swindle us, you'll be in danger.
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The one who gambles never wins.
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The bookie never loses.
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This is the truth.
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[phones continue ringing]
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[Ugra, in English] There was
a great appetite for gambling,
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and it was pan-Indian like cricket.
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You could bet on anything.
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So, what is the team score
going to be after ten overs?
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How many sixes
is a particular batsman going to hit?
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Punters even place bets
on field placings and bowling changes.
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And so, for a bookie to have information
gave them a huge advantage.
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Information was power at that time.
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[Bahal] There were bookmakers
giving us stories
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about how in a particular match
the bets swung very suspiciously.
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It would raise suspicions,
that somebody has inside information.
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What is that inside information?
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That set me thinking,
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did the bookies
have power over the players?
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[all] Out!
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In the '90s, cable television had come
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and it brought Indian cricket
into every village in the country.
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And so, the greatest dream
for any Indian boy of that generation
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was to play for India.
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There was a sudden hope
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that even if you were from a small town,
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you could become a hero.
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A whole new generation of players
had come along.
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These kids
who are coming from small towns.
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So it was all very new to them,
and at that time,
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there were no gatekeepers
for access to cricketers.
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Indian cricket at that time
was filled with these people
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who were seen everywhere around the team.
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Strange people
are walking into the Indian dressing room
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who wanted to shower favors on them.
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You know, who are these people?
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[Bahal] So I started
talking to a lot of ex-players.
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But a lot of them
didn't want to speak on record.
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But I always try and dig some more,
try and dig some more.
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And finally, I found...
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Manoj Prabhakar.
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[commentator] Well bowled! That's
the inswinger, the late movement in.
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[Ugra] Manoj Prabhakar,
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he was a seam-bowling
all-rounder for India.
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Great competitor and a fighting cricketer.
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But he was always seen
as a journeyman player.
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A lot of people
called him the poor man's Kapil Dev.
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He's not a good athlete.
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You know?
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He is a poor athlete,
and that is a very, very big point.
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[Ugra] Prabhakar was always very fiery.
He had many chips on his shoulder.
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[in Hindi] People are of the opinion
that your temper is very unpredictable,
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and you have said
that using profanity is in my nature?
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[in Hindi] When you play with passion,
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if you are not fired up,
you'll lose everything.
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If I don't show aggression on the ground,
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a player like me cannot perform.
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[in English] I was scared to ask questions
because I thought he'll slam the phone.
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[in Hindi] No one is supporting you,
inside or outside of the team.
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What's the reason for that?
Were you on good terms with them or not?
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No one was allowed to raise their voice.
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Fear might be the big reason for it.
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Because whoever has spoken up,
he's faced problems.
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[Bahal, in English]
Manoj had just retired in '96
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because the World Cup
hadn't gone too well for him.
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And after that, he'd been dropped.
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So, I called and asked him,
what did he know?
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What would he be willing to share?
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Manoj had a very gruff exterior.
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He had
a very contemptuous dig at journalists.
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[in Hindi] You don't dare print the truth.
You don't have the guts.
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[in English] So there was
a lot of that attitude in Manoj.
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Manoj took a lot of convincing.
I remember meeting him several times.
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But finally, he opened a lot,
he told me a lot of stories.
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Then suddenly told me
that an Indian player
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had approached him about throwing a match.
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It was a revelation.
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That was the first time
a former Indian cricket player
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came on record saying this had happened.
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There was no question
we would run the story.
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It was something
we wanted to make a lot of noise with.
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So I wrote this in, uh, June of 1997.
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"India's Worst Kept Secret"
which was the first time that anybody
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even knew
that there was match-fixing in cricket.
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And Manoj's famous allegation
really caught a cat on the hot tin roof.
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[news intro music plays]
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Manoj Prabhakar
recently created a sensation
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by alleging that he'd been offered
a large sum of money to throw,
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which means deliberately lose,
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an international cricket match.
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[Ugra] "I was offered rupees 25 lakh
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for sabotaging the match
in Pakistan's favor."
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"I was told to play
below my usual standard."
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"I told him to get out of my room."
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It was shocking, the scale of money.
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And the fact that he'd been asked
by a fellow teammate to do it,
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that was what was unsettling.
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Sport is fundamentally
meant to be unscripted.
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The unexpectedness of it
is what makes it special.
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If it's scripted,
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it takes away
everything that sport stands for.
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And so we just got the feeling
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something terrible was about to
break through in Indian cricket.
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But I think a lot of people
didn't want to believe it.
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[Karri] Cricket was suddenly
growing, growing, growing.
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Match-fixing.
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Suddenly that shadow, match-fixing.
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It's like on a sunny day
you're playing a match,
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suddenly clouds, thunder,
rains and the match stops.
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Match-fixing allegations cast a doubt.
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But I think, by and large,
nobody wanted to trust Manoj Prabhakar.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[reporter] As Prabhakar
refuses to name the player
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who he claims
approached him to fix the match,
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critics have wondered
if his allegations bear any substance.
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His lawyer maintains that as Prabhakar
cannot prove his allegation,
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it is up to authorities to investigate.
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[Bahal] There was a lot of skepticism.
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A lot of aggression towards us.
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And the officials who ran the game
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had an ostrich-like attitude
right from the beginning.
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Here is a sport that you love so much.
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Here is wrongdoing that you know about.
But nobody wanted to do anything.
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[Ugra] Many in the cricket establishment
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did not want to upset
this lovely little world.
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"Everything is so comfortable,
we are so happy, money is coming."
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"This is nonsense.
Let it not rock the boat."
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That story was looked down on
and treated so shabbily.
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It suddenly
just went into a pool of nothingness.
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Manoj Prabhakar
was cast into the wilderness.
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[Bahal] The cricket board was so unhappy
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they went and sued us for five crores.
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They wanted to put a lid on it.
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[crowd cheering]
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Cricket went on,
but the story was just dying to come out.
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And when it actually happened,
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the strange part about it
is that it happened by accident.
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[line ringing]
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In 2000, there was a gentleman
who made a complaint
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that he had been
receiving threatening calls
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and, uh, people were trying
to extort money from him.
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[tape rewinding]
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We started to monitor the telephones.
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We heard some kind of a dispute going on.
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Highly abusive language.
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Not because of any extortion,
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they are discussing
something about cricket.
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And then we heard, "Hi, Hansie."
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"Hi, Hansie."
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Who else could it be except Hansie Cronje?
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[commentator] And again. Well,
this is magnificent stuff from Cronje.
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[Ugra] Hansie Cronje was one of
the most admired cricketers in the world.
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Picked for South African captaincy
very early in his career.
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Recording for television?
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Can I say hello to my mother?
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[Ugra] Everybody loved Hansie.
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He had the finest qualities.
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He was really a cult figure
in his own country.
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Absolutely a pillar of the community.
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[Cronje speaking on phone]
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[KK Paul] Hansie Cronje
was speaking to a bookie
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discussing in detail
who is to score how many runs.
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[man speaking on phone]
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[Cronje speaking]
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How much of money is to be paid?
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[man speaking]
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[Cronje speaking]
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Here, there was solid evidence.
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Hansie Cronje was, uh,
involved in match-fixing.
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[Paul] It emerges
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that the one-day international
cricket matches
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between India and South Africa
played recently in India were fixed.
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One of the conspirators was identified
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as the South African cricket captain,
Hansie Cronje.
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[Ugra] When the news first came,
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your first chance to say,
"No, it's not true."
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Of all the people
in the entire cricket world,
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you would not pick on that name.
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I've never received any sum of money
for any match that I've been involved in.
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I've never approached any of the players.
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First response from South Africa
was absolute denial.
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The allegations are outrageous.
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It's libelous, it's defamatory.
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[Paul] Nobody would believe it.
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So, whatever evidence we had,
we had to make it public.
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And then Hansie Cronje felt the pressure
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and ultimately, then he confessed.
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[reporter 1] The cricket world
has been stunned
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after a shocking admission
by Hansie Cronje.
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[reporter 2] Complete disbelief.
Impossible to say what will happen next.
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[Bahal] When the Hansie incident broke,
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there was a sense of,
"Finally nobody could deny it anymore"
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that there was match-fixing in cricket.
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The news environment became so hot.
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Could Indian players be involved?
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[Dev] This is have to be clean-up job.
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If anybody in the world
have done something this bad,
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should be hanged.
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[Bahal] And I was getting very ambitious
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about revisiting the match-fixing story,
so to speak.
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So I started talking to other reporters
and that's when Minty came onboard.
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[Tejpal] I'm insanely curious.
I've always been so.
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I need to know the truth,
what I really love.
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This was investigative journalism.
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Hardcore investigative journalism
because you were chasing down a story.
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So, in year 2000, Aniruddha Bahal,
fabulous writer and journalist and myself,
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started this company called Tehelka.
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It's an Urdu word which means "sensation,
impact, bloody hell, explosion."
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And our slug line was
"News, Views, All the juice." My line.
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[Bahal] We had the ambition
for cricket match-fixing
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to be the first story
that we did in Tehelka.
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But the cast of characters
who were part of it
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were still not willing to talk about it.
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Everybody went, "Mum's the word."
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[Tejpal] I think the only way
to get certain truths out
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is cloak and dagger.
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So we came up
with this plan to target and trap
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the cricketers and administrators
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using spy cam equipment
and get the truth out.
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[Bahal] This would be
the first time hidden cameras
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would have been used
on a big scale in India.
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So, I had to go to London
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to get the most cutting-edge tech available.
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So for example,
we can put it in these glasses.
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[Tejpal] Camera fitted
in glasses, watches, pens...
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Stuff never used in India before ever.
We had never seen it.
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[Bahal] There was this briefcase
which had this whole big recording device.
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So now if we had good quality spy cam...
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we needed access to those players.
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So, Manoj
was an obvious choice of an insider.
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Manoj realized, last three years,
nobody has found anything out.
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Nothing came out. Nothing happened.
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When I informed those guys,
why didn't they take the action?
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For him to see cheating
in a sport that he loved.
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That's like seeing your wife
being unfaithful in front of your eyes.
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This is not my job to solve the problem.
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This is their job.
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He said, "How can I prove my innocence?
How can I prove this incident happened?"
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Nobody was willing to stand up for him.
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[Bahal] One of the ways
I could convince him was with the tech.
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So, I went back to Manoj,
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I told him, if you go undercover,
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perhaps more will come out
and validate your claims.
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Then while we were talking about it,
I filmed it and he didn't know about it.
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Manoj was stunned. Okay?
He's saying, "What the hell?"
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His eyes lit up.
"Really? I can do this?"
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Manoj realized that the hidden camera
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was the only way
to put the cat on the hot tin roof again.
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[Tejpal] Over a period of six weeks,
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Manoj Prabhakar and Aniruddha Bahal
traversed the country
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to sting various cricketers
and administrators
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who were not match-fixing themselves,
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but they knew about it,
knew it was happening.
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Aniruddha Bahal
is a fearless investigative journalist.
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But Manoj Prabhakar
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was going out and stinging
his friends and colleagues.
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Guys he had played with for so many years.
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You need balls
to run with this kind of thing.
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[Bahal] It was the first time
I went undercover.
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The fear that you could be caught out
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is always there.
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See, you're not getting opportunities
for controlling angles.
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Because that would look very suspicious.
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And you're perhaps getting
just the legs of the chair, so to speak,
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or the heads are cut.
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You had to also be worried about...
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Has the battery run out?
Or has the tape run out?
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You would have to take a bathroom break
to change the tape or battery.
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And going in the loo
with a briefcase looks suspicious.
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"Why is he..." [laughs]
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We would bring in the tapes in,
Manoj Prabhakar and me, and then...
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Minty's job
was to produce the whole thing.
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[Tejpal] The first day
when the material came back
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and we started looking at the footage,
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I realized it's going to be
a fucking nightmare to do.
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[indistinct voices on tape]
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Very scratchy audio, strange video angles.
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You try and transcribe an interview
where you can't see lip movement, girl.
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It is maddening.
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But even though none of them were involved
in any wrongdoing themselves,
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it very quickly became clear,
we had an explosive story on our hands.
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[man 1 speaking on tape]
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[Tejpal] These people were saying
what they suspected was happening.
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[man 1 speaking on tape]
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[Tejpal] We were watching
the top cricketers and administrators
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talking about match-fixing
in such casual manner.
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[man 2 speaking Hindi on tape]
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[Bahal, in English]
The Hansie incident created furore.
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Then the news environment became so hot...
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We had this, sort of, big fear in us.
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If we didn't break the story,
some leak will happen somewhere.
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There was a lot of time pressure on me.
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But Minty was this production guy
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who wanted to take things
one step at a time.
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We had shot people on the sly.
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We had stung them.
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I could not have one word going wrong.
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[man 3 on tape]
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Manoj, at one point,
called me every four, five days...
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[in Hindi] "Is the edit ready?
Is the film done?"
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[in English] Fuck you! This is not bloody,
some bloody Maggi noodles happening, man.
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This is serious stuff,
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and I'm a slightly serious
and scary motherfucker when I need to be.
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[reporter] An explosive film
about corruption in Indian cricket
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that could throw the game into chaos
is said to be released today.
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Hall was filled with some 40 cameras
and 100 journalists.
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Packed to the rafters.
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International media, politicians, lawyers...
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The word had spread.
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[camera shutters clicking]
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[Bahal] The cast of characters
was the who's who in cricket.
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There was obviously enormous interest.
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[Tejpal] We had sent
a copy of the tape to the president.
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Because we were very worried
that our tapes might get confiscated,
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and we didn't know
if action would be taken.
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And then, at two o'clock,
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the final Fallen Heroes documentary
was eventually shown to the press.
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[dramatic music playing]
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[dramatic music continues over laptop]
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When the tapes first emerged,
everyone was aghast.
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[man 1 on tape]
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I think it broke a lot of people's hearts
to see what was happening.
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I was horrified to hear
officials say cricket's finished.
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Everyone's going to leave it.
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[man 1 speaking Hindi on tape]
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[Tejpal, in English] Our press conference
was stunned.
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It revealed quite clearly
that match-fixing was happening in India,
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and the cricketers and administrators,
they knew it was happening.
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[man 2 speaking Hindi on tape]
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[in English] That creates... boom!
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[Ugra] The cricket fans
were deeply shattered.
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You did think that cricket
was having a credibility crisis.
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[reporter] Unsurprisingly,
some of the team's key figures
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were trying to avoid the cameras.
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I think, uh... Nobody told me anything.
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I'm not aware of those things.
That's all I have to say.
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[reporter] Meanwhile, the board secretary
is questioning Prabhakar's credibility.
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[Jaywant Lele]
Anything can be doctored, no?
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I don't want to say anything.
Let him do what he wants.
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He is proving his own mettle,
what sort of person he is.
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Thank you very much.
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[Tejpal] Manoj was very, very happy
that we stuck with him.
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We finished the story.
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And finally, he told us
the biggest bit of explosive news,
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the name of the cricketer
who offered him the bribe.
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I first met Manoj in mid '97,
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when I went to him
to have a chat about match-fixing.
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Even in those early days,
he would drop sufficient hints
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that the name
he was referring to was Kapil Dev.
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[commentator] That's out. Yes.
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Growing up, Kapil Dev was our hero.
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In 1983, when India won the World Cup,
he became a superstar across India.
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[reporter 1] Prabhakar has finally
come forward to name Kapil Dev.
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[Ugra] So when Manoj Prabhakar
took Kapil Dev's name,
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it's almost like
challenging a God of cricket.
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Oh, who's Prabhakar? Ready to face?
Does he have a guts to face me?
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[in Hindi] What does Prabhakar
think of himself?
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What is he even worth?
What cricket has he played?
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What good has he done?
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I have no regrets.
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But my aim
has always been to clean cricket,
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to clean the system.
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Today, by doing this,
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I have not made any mistakes.
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[reporter 1, in English]
After Prabhakar's allegation,
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cricket fans will be wondering
if this is a desperate ploy
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or if there is worse to come yet.
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[Ugra] In the 2000s,
when all these revelations came out,
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you cared about how terrible it was,
you wanted it to be solved and sorted.
479
00:31:37.840 --> 00:31:39.600
[reporter 2] Today in parliament,
several MPs
480
00:31:39.600 --> 00:31:42.360
demanded a probe
into the controversial matter.
481
00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:46.400
It became sort of a hot-button issue
for politicians to tap into.
482
00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:49.400 line:5%
[in Hindi] We have heard
the views of the nation,
483
00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:56.440
parliament, and our athletes,
484
00:31:57.800 --> 00:32:02.080
and the majority view is that
a CBI enquiry is the only way forward.
485
00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:04.160
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
486
00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:06.280
[reporter 3, in English]
After much speculation,
487
00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:08.920
the sports minister
has announced a CBI inquiry
488
00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.840
into the match-fixing controversy.
489
00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:16.760
[Karri] The CBI is the premier
investigating agency of India.
490
00:32:16.760 --> 00:32:19.360
They have the best manpower resources.
491
00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:21.640
It's a kind of final hope in India.
492
00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:25.560
[reporter 4] With some of the country's
biggest cricket stars
493
00:32:25.560 --> 00:32:26.600
potentially involved,
494
00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:29.240
the CBI is expected
to proceed with caution.
495
00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:35.600
[Sawani] I was in my office
and I was called by the chief of CBI.
496
00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:38.960 line:5%
They wanted the best investigation.
497
00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.920
"Would your unit be able to handle this?"
498
00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.640
I was never a crazy fan for cricket.
499
00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:53.200
I was more of an enthusiast
about boxing and horse riding.
500
00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:58.480
But the kind of allegations that
were being made at that point of time,
501
00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.720
they were absolutely unbelievable.
502
00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:06.360
How could we think anybody throwing a game
which he was playing for the nation?
503
00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:09.680
So I just grabbed at it.
I said, "Why not, sir?"
504
00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:11.560
"It would be an honor. Absolutely."
505
00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:13.280
[reporters clamoring]
506
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.320
The CBI investigation was a massive story.
It made for absolutely compelling viewing.
507
00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:23.680
Here at the CBI headquarters,
there's almost a veil of secrecy.
508
00:33:24.080 --> 00:33:27.240
Cricketers and alleged bookies
will be interrogated in the coming weeks.
509
00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:29.440
[indistinct clamoring]
510
00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:35.160
[Sawani] The eyes of the entire nation
were fixed on the CBI.
511
00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:37.080
What happened? What is the truth?
512
00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:50.680
As a muckraker, you have to get into areas
which you think are going to be tough.
513
00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.840
No-go areas.
514
00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:58.000
Even though
this is a very high-profile case
515
00:33:58.000 --> 00:34:01.520
where reputations
are going to be made or marred,
516
00:34:02.520 --> 00:34:05.280
I managed to sort of, uh, worm my way
517
00:34:05.280 --> 00:34:08.520
with some of the key people
involved in this investigation.
518
00:34:11.080 --> 00:34:15.040
The CBI's expertise
has largely been uncovering corruption
519
00:34:15.040 --> 00:34:17.280
in various other facets,
but not in cricket.
520
00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:24.400
I don't think they really had an inkling
on how big the case would turn out to be.
521
00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.960
[Sawani] Frankly,
when we started this investigation,
522
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:37.199
there was only this one allegation
made by Manoj Prabhakar
523
00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.760
that Kapil Dev offered him 25 lakh rupees.
524
00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:42.239
People did want to know,
525
00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:45.000
is there any truth
in what Manoj Prabhakar is saying?
526
00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:53.880
[Bahal] We knew the CBI
would be interested in what we had done.
527
00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:57.320
The next thing we knew,
the CBI wanted all our material.
528
00:34:58.080 --> 00:35:01.280
[reporter] Prabhakar seems sure
that after watching his tape,
529
00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:03.960
the CBI
will be able to take decisive action
530
00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:06.280
against some Indian players.
531
00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:09.720
[in Hindi] If you speak with them,
you will understand,
532
00:35:09.720 --> 00:35:13.960
I have proven who it was
that offered me the bribe.
533
00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:17.360
[man on laptop, in English]
Azhar was officially... Yes!
534
00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:22.840
[Sawani] We did glean all the information
that was there in those tapes.
535
00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:26.880 line:5%
[man speaking Hindi on tape]
536
00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:30.200 line:5%
[in English]
537
00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:33.280
[Sawani] There were
a lot of allegations flying around,
538
00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.480
but I wouldn't say
539
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:38.440
that there was any major evidence
which could nail somebody without doubt.
540
00:35:41.640 --> 00:35:44.680
[Krishnan] The problem with
sting operations using hidden cameras is,
541
00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:47.760
it was mostly anecdotal evidence.
542
00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:50.720
There was no empirical material evidence.
543
00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:57.520
But RN Sawani was a very smart officer.
544
00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:02.280
He was keen on
looking at the bigger picture.
545
00:36:03.680 --> 00:36:05.800
[man speaking Hindi on tape]
546
00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:13.120
[in English]
547
00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:15.320
[Sawani] Tehelka tapes
did expose the underbelly
548
00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.880
in the world of cricket
549
00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:21.480
and showed the role
of the illegal bookies.
550
00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.760
[man speaking Hindi on tape]
551
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:29.120
[in English] The CBI had to find out
whether players were tainted
552
00:36:29.120 --> 00:36:32.080
and what kind of nexus
they did enjoy with bookmakers.
553
00:36:32.080 --> 00:36:33.840
[reporters clamoring]
554
00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:39.840
[Sawani] My team started to gather
every bookie
555
00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:43.200
who had ever been booked
by any police station in the country.
556
00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:51.240
This spread to Mumbai, Delhi,
Gujarat region, Rajasthan.
557
00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.080
Within the first week,
558
00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:59.360
we had 209 top bookies
of the country in our list.
559
00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:04.600
[bookie on tape, in Hindi]
When the CBI agent got involved,
560
00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:07.560
it created
a very fearful atmosphere for us.
561
00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:10.720
It was such a big scandal.
562
00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:15.720
We were scared that any of us
563
00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:18.720
could be dragged in.
564
00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:23.520
But the aim of the CBI
was not to catch bookies.
565
00:37:23.520 --> 00:37:26.600
Their main motive
was to get deeper into this case.
566
00:37:26.600 --> 00:37:29.240
Get knowledge and information.
567
00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.800
[man on radio, in Hindi] 83, 58-59...
568
00:37:33.560 --> 00:37:35.320
84, 58-59...
569
00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:38.600
[in English] We found that there was
a system called a "dabba system."
570
00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:41.920
[man on radio] 85-8...
571
00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:46.320
[Sawani] It would broadcast the odd rates
to all the bookies at the same time.
572
00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:49.240
[man on radio, in Hindi] 85-8, 58-59...
573
00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:52.920
[bookie on tape] A man is constantly
giving rates, or Bhao.
574
00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:55.480
Who that man is, no one knows.
It's just a voice.
575
00:37:55.480 --> 00:38:00.760
He will say the amount
and name of the team
576
00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:03.640
and we make a note of it.
577
00:38:03.640 --> 00:38:05.920
[man on radio] 80-83, 62-63...
578
00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:08.760
[bookie on tape] All over India,
and the world,
579
00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:11.640
there is only one rate going, at one time.
580
00:38:13.080 --> 00:38:17.440
We don't want to know
who gives these rates.
581
00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:24.520
[Ugra, in English] Every bookie was
dealing with somebody at a higher level.
582
00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:28.880
And it is almost like a ladder at which
it goes to the person right at the top
583
00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.680
who makes all the big money there is.
584
00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:36.400
[Sawani] As we dug further
into this investigation,
585
00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:38.640
it became bigger and bigger and bigger.
586
00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:44.600
We found out the bookies
were being controlled by criminals...
587
00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.880
in Dubai and Sharjah.
588
00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:59.320
Sharjah was this Las Vegas
of the Middle East.
589
00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:01.640
[crowd cheering]
590
00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:04.320
Lot of Indians dream
they will go to Sharjah to watch a match.
591
00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:11.840
Television stars,
592
00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:14.400
movie stars,
593
00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:18.120
their sunglasses and fashion and all that.
594
00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:21.240
And amidst them all
would be sitting a man,
595
00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:26.560
India's most wanted criminal,
Dawood Ibrahim.
596
00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:31.480
He was known for controlling drugs.
597
00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:34.800
He would kill anybody
who wouldn't give him regular money.
598
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.880
He would be sitting there
talking on a telephone
599
00:39:38.880 --> 00:39:41.600
and obviously giving orders
on what should happen in the game.
600
00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:47.040
And therefore,
those who were in cricket in those days
601
00:39:47.040 --> 00:39:50.080
had to suffer
a lot of underworld pressure.
602
00:39:50.080 --> 00:39:52.200
[siren wailing]
603
00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:56.480
[Sawani] You must understand,
604
00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:59.680
this bookie world is a dangerous world.
605
00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:07.520
The crime syndicates
are unforgiving to any who break the line.
606
00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:12.920
So nobody
wanted to come out and say anything
607
00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.880
about what's wrong with the game.
608
00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:21.200
But then a very, very important
breakthrough came from South Africa.
609
00:40:27.360 --> 00:40:30.640
[reporter 1] Cronje is to be
cross-examined at the King Commission
610
00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:33.560
as part of the latest development
in the match-fixing scandal.
611
00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:38.320
[reporter 2] The aim of the commission
is to get to the truth of the allegations.
612
00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:43.400
At the same time as the CBI investigation,
South Africans set up the King Commission
613
00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.880
to look into Hansie Cronje's confession.
614
00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:49.480
I failed in my moral
and professional duties.
615
00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.840
I was not honest
and I apologize unreservedly.
616
00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:56.040
His whole persona had changed.
617
00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:01.640
He literally shrunk down in his chair.
618
00:41:05.880 --> 00:41:08.640
But the most dramatic thing
in the King Commission
619
00:41:08.640 --> 00:41:10.400
was when Hansie Cronje revealed
620
00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:14.480
the Indian connection
with a global network of illegal betting.
621
00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:20.840
Cronje said that he had been introduced
to this bookie, M.K Gupta.
622
00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:23.920
[Cronje] He asked me
to speak to the other players
623
00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:29.560
and gave me approximately
30,000 US dollars in cash to do so.
624
00:41:30.120 --> 00:41:31.720
That was a big revelation.
625
00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:36.560
We realized
he would be a gold mine for us.
626
00:41:37.520 --> 00:41:41.280
But M.K was not in our list of bookies.
627
00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:44.120
So, we started a big hunt.
628
00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:50.040
[reporter] The CBI hunt
for bookie M.K Gupta
629
00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:52.720
started today
in Delhi's South Extension market.
630
00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:55.840
Who was M.K Gupta?
631
00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:57.760
No one knew what he looked like.
632
00:41:58.640 --> 00:42:01.760
Now, would he have bodyguards?
Would he have bouncers with him?
633
00:42:04.080 --> 00:42:06.800
[Sawani] We went to his house,
we searched his house.
634
00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:09.640
We went to his relatives' places.
635
00:42:10.640 --> 00:42:13.880
We found that he had a jewelry shop,
636
00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:17.200
which was being manned by his father.
637
00:42:18.240 --> 00:42:20.160
[Krishnan] I found out from his neighbors,
638
00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:23.120
he did not mingle with people,
he kept to himself.
639
00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:25.160
Obviously, I thought he had to do that,
640
00:42:25.160 --> 00:42:27.240
given the line of business he was in.
641
00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:33.920
[Sawani] The moment this news came on TV,
642
00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:36.120
he went underground
and was nowhere to be found.
643
00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:41.320
But somewhere,
he learnt that the CBI is really after him
644
00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:44.160
and that
they would do anything to get at him,
645
00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:49.240
and the pressure was on him
all the time to come out.
646
00:43:00.600 --> 00:43:04.000
[Neeraj Kumar] I have always been
a cricket fan from my childhood.
647
00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:09.320 line:5%
I put great cricketers
648
00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:12.360 line:5%
who would serve the country
on a high pedestal.
649
00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:17.840
But in 2000, an informant came up to me
650
00:43:17.840 --> 00:43:21.600
and said that
someone wanted to surrender before me.
651
00:43:23.680 --> 00:43:25.880
A guy called M.K Gupta.
652
00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.600
I said, "Why me?"
653
00:43:30.600 --> 00:43:33.160
Because I was not
inquiring into the matter.
654
00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:36.760
So he said,
"Sir, he has seen you in a public meeting
655
00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:40.000
and somehow he feels that if he meets you,
656
00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.680
you can guide him."
657
00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:46.640
I felt important. I am like...
I am the chosen one.
658
00:43:46.640 --> 00:43:47.800
[laughs]
659
00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:59.520
We decided to meet
in a super deluxe hotel.
660
00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:02.920
I was very sure of the informant.
661
00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:04.840
So, I went without any backup.
662
00:44:06.560 --> 00:44:07.960
[doorbell rings]
663
00:44:07.960 --> 00:44:11.360
And a very ordinary-looking person
opened the door.
664
00:44:11.360 --> 00:44:12.280
[in Hindi] Yes, sir.
665
00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:13.880
[in English] Please come in.
666
00:44:23.080 --> 00:44:25.760
Then I suddenly see
two more people in the room.
667
00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:30.400
Then I became a little anxious.
668
00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:33.920
So I took a long breath.
669
00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:37.680
And I said, "Why do you want to meet me?"
670
00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.520
He says...
671
00:44:39.520 --> 00:44:42.600
[in Hindi] "Sir, I am to blame
for this entire fiasco."
672
00:44:42.600 --> 00:44:45.800
[in English] "I am at the root
of all the problems."
673
00:44:49.600 --> 00:44:52.760
And as he began to talk,
674
00:44:54.200 --> 00:45:00.640
I realized that my tryst
with corruption in cricket had commenced.
675
00:45:02.600 --> 00:45:05.840
He was telling me such secrets,
676
00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:09.840
I decided to take him back
to the CBI headquarters.
677
00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:24.400
[Sawani] When we brought Mukesh Gupta
into the CBI,
678
00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:25.840
he was certainly scared.
679
00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:29.920
If he was to reveal the names of anybody,
680
00:45:29.920 --> 00:45:32.160
his life was in danger, definitely.
681
00:45:33.400 --> 00:45:35.360
But we assured Mukesh Gupta,
682
00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:38.120
"No harm will come to you
once you tell us the truth."
683
00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:43.840
And finally,
he was willing to tell us his story.
684
00:45:56.200 --> 00:46:00.520
Mukesh Gupta was a graduate
from one of the Delhi colleges.
685
00:46:00.520 --> 00:46:03.160
He was initially employed with a bank.
686
00:46:05.440 --> 00:46:07.200
[Kumar] When he would walk home,
687
00:46:07.200 --> 00:46:10.880
at the road corner,
he would watch people betting on cricket.
688
00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:14.880
He had never played cricket himself,
689
00:46:14.880 --> 00:46:16.760
but in double-quick time,
690
00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:21.080
he understood
all the finer points of the game.
691
00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:30.200
[Sawani] At that point of time,
he would also go and watch
692
00:46:30.200 --> 00:46:32.520
kids playing cricket in the local grounds.
693
00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:39.520
[Kumar] He understood
that if you spot somebody with talent,
694
00:46:40.520 --> 00:46:43.000
you can groom a youngster.
695
00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:46.560
And that was when he met Ajay Sharma.
696
00:46:48.720 --> 00:46:51.720
[Ugra] Ajay Sharma was a boy
from not a very wealthy family
697
00:46:51.720 --> 00:46:52.760
playing in Delhi.
698
00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:58.560
He plays a great innings,
he scores a hundred,
699
00:46:58.560 --> 00:47:02.320
someone puts hundred bucks in his pocket
and says, "I'm so happy. I'm a fan."
700
00:47:04.160 --> 00:47:06.920
[Sawani] At the time,
he didn't realize what was happening
701
00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:10.000
and he felt elated
that somebody was appreciating his game.
702
00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:14.360
But bookies think long period.
703
00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:18.200
They will cultivate a player
for years and years
704
00:47:18.200 --> 00:47:20.760
before they come up
with their first request.
705
00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:26.320
[bookie on tape, in Hindi] We meet them
as any normal person would.
706
00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:28.720
We don't tell them we are bookies.
707
00:47:28.720 --> 00:47:30.640
You get to know their weaknesses.
708
00:47:31.800 --> 00:47:33.720
[in English] Gifts, parties, women...
709
00:47:33.720 --> 00:47:36.520
[in Hindi] Alcohol is very useful.
710
00:47:36.520 --> 00:47:39.600
Once you have befriended them,
711
00:47:39.600 --> 00:47:42.600
they are willing to talk.
712
00:47:42.600 --> 00:47:44.920
Then you strike a deal.
713
00:47:48.520 --> 00:47:51.880
[Kumar, in English] And Ajay Sharma
rose to be a national cricketer.
714
00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:57.920
And M.K Gupta
got so much inside information,
715
00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:59.880
he made lots and lots of money.
716
00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:04.280
And he shared that money with Ajay Sharma.
717
00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:10.160
[Sawani] Once you're in,
718
00:48:10.160 --> 00:48:13.720
you know, it's like the insects
who get into the wood-borer.
719
00:48:15.120 --> 00:48:16.840
Then you are caught for life.
720
00:48:16.840 --> 00:48:21.320
Mukesh Gupta would say,
"You've told me this, I paid you this."
721
00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:24.280
Perhaps he would even
be recording the conversation.
722
00:48:24.280 --> 00:48:26.600
He would be able to blackmail the player.
723
00:48:28.640 --> 00:48:32.280
And it is Ajay Sharma
who introduced Mukesh Gupta
724
00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:34.920
to no other person
than the captain himself...
725
00:48:36.960 --> 00:48:38.280
Mohammed Azharuddin.
726
00:48:39.600 --> 00:48:42.760
[commentator] That's straight
down the ground. It's in the air...
727
00:48:42.760 --> 00:48:43.960
Azharuddin.
728
00:48:45.800 --> 00:48:46.880
Azharuddin.
729
00:48:48.640 --> 00:48:51.680
- Azharuddin.
- Mohammed Azharuddin.
730
00:48:53.200 --> 00:48:55.040
[audience cheering]
731
00:48:56.600 --> 00:48:58.280
[Sawani] That was a big revelation.
732
00:49:00.240 --> 00:49:03.520
It was really, really at the top
at that point of time.
733
00:49:03.520 --> 00:49:05.400
The icon for the country.
734
00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:08.960
And any allegation against him
735
00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:11.880
could not be palatable
to the Indian public.
736
00:49:13.200 --> 00:49:17.120
Could Mukesh Gupta
bribe somebody like Mohammed Azharuddin?
737
00:49:18.320 --> 00:49:20.880
I felt the pressure
to find out what is the truth.
738
00:49:24.560 --> 00:49:27.120
- [man in Hindi] Does the color look right?
- It's fabulous.
739
00:49:27.120 --> 00:49:30.080
[woman] The color is lovely,
but it's not jittering, right?
740
00:49:30.080 --> 00:49:31.240
It's a summer color.
741
00:49:32.520 --> 00:49:35.080
Had I worn a dark one,
it'd have been awful in this heat.
742
00:49:35.080 --> 00:49:37.720
[in English] Azhar was never
a communicative person.
743
00:49:38.600 --> 00:49:41.760
He's not somebody who can really
tell you what he's thinking or feeling.
744
00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:44.400
- This shirt is nice, right?
- Very nice.
745
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.080
I didn't wear a dark-colored shirt...
746
00:49:46.080 --> 00:49:48.240
[in Hindi] But I hope it's not jittering.
747
00:49:48.240 --> 00:49:51.640
[in English] Reticent, reluctant,
very nervous.
748
00:49:51.640 --> 00:49:53.440
When was the last time you cried?
749
00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.880
- Uh, cried?
- Yeah.
750
00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.000
- I don't think I cry.
- You don't cry?
751
00:49:59.000 --> 00:50:00.120
I hardly cry.
752
00:50:01.080 --> 00:50:03.280
All that would disappear
when he stepped on the ground.
753
00:50:04.640 --> 00:50:06.880
- [commentator] Lovely shot.
- [crowd cheering]
754
00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:09.560
What timing, what grace, what beauty.
755
00:50:10.640 --> 00:50:11.680
[commentator] And again...
756
00:50:11.680 --> 00:50:13.040
And then these wrists...
757
00:50:14.120 --> 00:50:16.800
It was like a slap
on the ego of the bowler.
758
00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:19.360 line:5%
[commentator] Azharuddin
is only dealing in fours.
759
00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:22.840 line:5%
As if God made Azhar's wrists
on a very leisurely afternoon,
760
00:50:22.840 --> 00:50:24.600
carving them to perfection.
761
00:50:25.120 --> 00:50:25.960
[clicks tongue]
762
00:50:27.240 --> 00:50:31.400 line:5%
[commentator] There it is,
a thoroughly deserved century
763
00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:32.760 line:5%
for Mohammed Azharuddin.
764
00:50:35.200 --> 00:50:37.600
[Karri] I remember
when he made a century on his debut,
765
00:50:38.160 --> 00:50:40.280
then a second test and a second century.
766
00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:42.880
And then a third century.
767
00:50:43.920 --> 00:50:46.480
Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
768
00:50:48.040 --> 00:50:49.880
He's a hero for the entire nation.
769
00:50:54.880 --> 00:51:01.000
I was, uh, 14 when Azhar came back
after creating the world record.
770
00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:04.400
It was huge. It was massive.
771
00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:07.640
The whole Hyderabad was there,
greeting him.
772
00:51:08.800 --> 00:51:12.120
You are ours now.
You're the son of Hyderabad.
773
00:51:14.600 --> 00:51:17.600
I told myself, one day,
774
00:51:17.600 --> 00:51:20.920
it will be me also on that podium.
775
00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:28.280
[Sawani] Mohammed Azharuddin is somebody
who brought laurels to the country.
776
00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:32.480
Why are you filming? I'm telling you no.
777
00:51:34.720 --> 00:51:37.080
[in Hindi] Now go blow it up
on the television.
778
00:51:37.640 --> 00:51:41.120
[in English] But as we dug
further into this investigation,
779
00:51:41.120 --> 00:51:46.160
we found there were, you know,
some things to be looked into.
780
00:51:46.160 --> 00:51:49.800
[in Hindi] There is no need to film.
Why are you still filming it?
781
00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:58.080
[Tejpal, in English] During
the Fallen Heroes investigation,
782
00:51:58.560 --> 00:52:00.040
Azhar's name keeps cropping up.
783
00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:02.840
[man 1 speaking Hindi on tape]
784
00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:09.400
[in English] A lot of stories
was about Azhar's making a quick deal
785
00:52:09.400 --> 00:52:11.360
of 10 lakhs here, 20 lakhs here,
786
00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:13.400
taking a watch from here,
buying a Mercedes.
787
00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:15.400
Those kind of deals, too many of them.
788
00:52:16.200 --> 00:52:18.840
[man 2 speaking Hindi on tape]
789
00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:22.080
[man 3 in Punjabi]
790
00:52:24.200 --> 00:52:28.400
[in English] Other players, they felt
he had more money than he should.
791
00:52:34.560 --> 00:52:36.760
[Sawani] He had cultivated
expensive habits.
792
00:52:37.960 --> 00:52:41.720
Yeah, you are also a very stylish man.
I've already seen... very nice shoes.
793
00:52:41.720 --> 00:52:44.520
- Louis Vuitton. Armani...
- Louis Vuitton. Armani?
794
00:52:44.520 --> 00:52:45.960
- And the watch?
- Piaget.
795
00:52:48.240 --> 00:52:50.840
[Sawani] He wanted very fancy watches.
796
00:52:51.680 --> 00:52:53.600
He was going around in Mumbai
797
00:52:53.600 --> 00:52:55.560
in high circles.
798
00:52:55.560 --> 00:52:58.400
So, uh, obviously, all that needed money.
799
00:53:00.600 --> 00:53:03.160
[Kumar] M.K told me
that he could trap Azhar
800
00:53:04.080 --> 00:53:06.000
with relative amount of ease
801
00:53:06.920 --> 00:53:10.480
because by then,
Azhar's lifestyle had become such
802
00:53:10.480 --> 00:53:12.720
that he needed lots of money.
803
00:53:17.600 --> 00:53:20.840
[Sawani] Azhar mentioned to Ajay Sharma
804
00:53:20.840 --> 00:53:23.360
that he was in need of some money
805
00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:27.080
because his girlfriend
was doing some fashion show.
806
00:53:27.680 --> 00:53:31.080
His requirement was around,
I think, one crore of rupees,
807
00:53:31.080 --> 00:53:33.800
which was a huge,
huge amount at that point of time.
808
00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:36.960
Ajay Sharma threw the bait.
809
00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:40.880
"There is a person
who could give you that sort of money."
810
00:53:48.920 --> 00:53:52.440
There was a meeting organized
in Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi
811
00:53:53.240 --> 00:53:56.000
with Azharuddin and Mukesh Gupta.
812
00:53:57.520 --> 00:53:59.720
Mukesh Gupta, being the clever guy he was,
813
00:53:59.720 --> 00:54:03.160
offered to pay 50 lakh rupees
on that same day,
814
00:54:03.160 --> 00:54:06.040
and give him
the rest of the money a little later.
815
00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:12.360
But it was kind of obviously clear
M.K expected a lot from Azhar.
816
00:54:14.680 --> 00:54:16.240
[bookie, in Hindi] To a bookie,
817
00:54:16.240 --> 00:54:20.200
the captain is more important
than any other player.
818
00:54:20.200 --> 00:54:23.040
Because a captain
has the most information.
819
00:54:23.040 --> 00:54:28.080
If a bookie has a captain on his side,
he makes the most money.
820
00:54:30.080 --> 00:54:33.160
[Sawani, in English] As a captain,
Azharuddin was able to bring in
821
00:54:33.160 --> 00:54:36.480
other team members to do his bidding.
822
00:54:37.920 --> 00:54:42.400
Get players to underperform
and therefore lose the match.
823
00:54:45.640 --> 00:54:48.240
All these cricketers',
you know, claim to fame
824
00:54:48.240 --> 00:54:50.920
is that they're playing for India.
What an honor!
825
00:54:50.920 --> 00:54:53.960
And selling that honor? Shameful.
826
00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:56.880
It definitely needed
to be met with an iron hand.
827
00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:12.400
[Kumar] M.K's revelations
were the backbone of the CBI inquiry.
828
00:55:13.720 --> 00:55:15.840
They recorded his statement
829
00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.840
and they found supporting evidence.
830
00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:26.840
[Sawani] We picked up all the call records
of Mohammed Azharuddin
831
00:55:27.360 --> 00:55:30.360
and they showed he had been talking
to a number of bookies.
832
00:55:31.640 --> 00:55:34.080
Even talking to an underworld don.
833
00:55:38.240 --> 00:55:39.400
Mukesh Gupta told us
834
00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:44.200
Mohammed Azharuddin was running
a locker in the Taj Palace Hotel
835
00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:48.680
where people would come and deposit money.
836
00:55:49.560 --> 00:55:53.360
And this was corroborated by,
you know, interviewing the hotel staff.
837
00:55:55.680 --> 00:55:59.560 line:5%
He went shopping
at the famous Harrods in England.
838
00:56:01.680 --> 00:56:05.440
All his bills were paid
by somebody other than himself.
839
00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:09.400
We, of course,
found out it was one of the bookies.
840
00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:17.680
After collecting all this evidence,
we were ready to call in Azharuddin.
841
00:56:19.840 --> 00:56:21.920
I had sat through the previous night
842
00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:25.440
strategizing on, you know,
the sequence of questioning.
843
00:56:27.040 --> 00:56:30.000
There was a little bit
of, you know, anxiety there
844
00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:31.800
that let's not do anything wrong.
845
00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:38.160
The captain of the team,
he needs to be clean
846
00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:42.400
and if he is not,
then he needs to be brought to book.
847
00:56:46.640 --> 00:56:48.320
[reporters clamoring]
848
00:56:49.560 --> 00:56:52.480
[Kumar] When Mohammed Azharuddin
came to the CBI headquarters,
849
00:56:52.480 --> 00:56:54.040
all hell broke loose.
850
00:56:56.520 --> 00:57:00.000
[Krishnan] I clearly remember
television crews, hordes of reporters.
851
00:57:00.720 --> 00:57:04.240
Could Azhar be involved
in corrupting the game?
852
00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:09.720
Can't be. Azhar? No chance.
853
00:57:09.720 --> 00:57:12.240
That was the only thing
which came into my mind.
854
00:57:12.240 --> 00:57:14.840
[in Hindi] They are trying
to finish his career.
855
00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:16.320
They want to shut him down.
856
00:57:23.040 --> 00:57:26.640
[Sawani, in English] We have
specific investigation rooms
857
00:57:26.640 --> 00:57:28.280
where you do interrogations.
858
00:57:29.480 --> 00:57:32.560
All questioning would be across the table.
859
00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:38.320
Most of the players
who came into the CBI headquarters
860
00:57:39.200 --> 00:57:41.000
had a scare on their face.
861
00:57:43.240 --> 00:57:47.160
But there were a category of players
who knew what they were doing.
862
00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:50.520
I would put Mohammed Azharuddin
in that category.
863
00:57:52.400 --> 00:57:55.320
Azharuddin never answers
a question straight.
864
00:57:56.800 --> 00:57:59.280
Very rarely
would he want to open his mouth.
865
00:58:00.440 --> 00:58:03.200
Perhaps he had been advised,
less you speak, the better.
866
00:58:06.080 --> 00:58:10.480
Mohammed Azharuddin
actually stonewalled all queries.
867
00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:16.800
So, the CBI officials
decided they must change tack.
868
00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:22.320
[Sawani] That's when we confronted him
with the evidence we had.
869
00:58:24.600 --> 00:58:26.760
We started listing his properties,
870
00:58:27.560 --> 00:58:29.640
fancy cars, watches.
871
00:58:30.200 --> 00:58:32.080
We showed him his call records.
872
00:58:33.000 --> 00:58:35.200
Even the SIM that was being used by him
873
00:58:35.200 --> 00:58:37.480
was provided by one of the bookies.
874
00:58:39.400 --> 00:58:43.400 line:5%
The threat was there
that we have M.K sitting in the next room.
875
00:58:44.520 --> 00:58:47.200
If you are denying this,
should we bring him in?
876
00:58:49.880 --> 00:58:52.000
[Krishnan] That was the turning point.
877
00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:54.000
I think he broke down after that.
878
00:58:57.000 --> 00:58:59.280
[Sawani] And finally, he told us...
879
00:59:00.880 --> 00:59:02.840
[in Hindi] "Yes, I fixed this match."
880
00:59:07.600 --> 00:59:09.280
[in English] He was a broken man.
881
00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:16.320
But I can't have any sympathy for a player
who is tainted with match-fixing.
882
00:59:17.480 --> 00:59:18.800
Letting down his nation.
883
00:59:20.680 --> 00:59:22.000
Definitely no.
884
00:59:30.680 --> 00:59:34.920
People connect
with the game of cricket personally.
885
00:59:37.680 --> 00:59:42.360
They would cry. They would laugh.
They are so passionate about this game.
886
00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:45.960
So, once we found
887
00:59:45.960 --> 00:59:48.240
that there was
something wrong with this guy
888
00:59:48.240 --> 00:59:49.840
who was their icon,
889
00:59:49.840 --> 00:59:51.640
they had every right to know.
890
00:59:57.240 --> 01:00:00.040
[reporter 1] In Delhi today,
the minister for sport
891
01:00:00.040 --> 01:00:03.360
unveiled the 75-page
CBI report into match-fixing.
892
01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:08.440
[reporter 2] The report shatters
cricket's long-held reputation
893
01:00:08.440 --> 01:00:10.720
for being a gentlemen's game.
894
01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:14.480 line:5%
[Sawani] The CBI came to a conclusion
that match-fixing was rampant.
895
01:00:21.800 --> 01:00:24.120
[woman] There should be
a very real punishment.
896
01:00:24.120 --> 01:00:26.400
I can say
it's a heinous crime in my opinion.
897
01:00:26.400 --> 01:00:28.240 line:5%
[Sawani] Besides naming our own,
898
01:00:29.280 --> 01:00:32.280 line:5%
he had named nine international players.
899
01:00:38.240 --> 01:00:40.000
[reporters clamoring]
900
01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:47.680
We also came to the conclusion
that little was being done
901
01:00:48.320 --> 01:00:51.480
by the administrators to investigate.
902
01:00:52.200 --> 01:00:53.680
[reporters clamoring]
903
01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:59.600
Immediate impact was a big,
big bang in the world of cricket.
904
01:01:07.800 --> 01:01:11.000
When you hear that sport
which you love and you care about
905
01:01:11.000 --> 01:01:12.840
and you're emotionally invested in,
906
01:01:12.840 --> 01:01:15.240
that this is happening,
you get really angry.
907
01:01:15.240 --> 01:01:16.880
You just get so pissed off.
908
01:01:16.880 --> 01:01:18.760
[indistinct shouting]
909
01:01:20.520 --> 01:01:21.480
How dare they?
910
01:01:22.880 --> 01:01:24.440
What kind of people do this?
911
01:01:25.640 --> 01:01:28.400
But then you realize
you're part of a whole community
912
01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:31.320
so busy worshipping them that
they can't even see what they're doing.
913
01:01:31.320 --> 01:01:35.800
[crowd shouting in Hindi] Shut it!
914
01:01:35.800 --> 01:01:38.720
Whoever messes with us won't be spared.
915
01:01:38.720 --> 01:01:42.200
[Tejpal, in English] The only truth
about sport that fans care about
916
01:01:42.200 --> 01:01:44.080
is that it has to be clean.
917
01:01:45.680 --> 01:01:49.200
That competition is real.
It's not fake, it's not a setup.
918
01:01:51.000 --> 01:01:52.640
But the players broke that bone.
919
01:01:55.720 --> 01:01:56.680
That's dangerous.
920
01:01:56.680 --> 01:01:59.640
[in Hindi] Whoever messes with us
won't be spared.
921
01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:05.720
[in English] We wanted to look at,
922
01:02:05.720 --> 01:02:09.040
can we register
a criminal case against anybody?
923
01:02:09.760 --> 01:02:14.320
So we took an opinion
from three retired Supreme Court judges.
924
01:02:15.680 --> 01:02:18.600
Although betting is illegal in India,
925
01:02:18.600 --> 01:02:22.560
unfortunately,
match-fixing is not a criminal offense
926
01:02:22.560 --> 01:02:24.840
and so I was personally dissatisfied
927
01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:28.080
that we couldn't take
criminal action against these guys.
928
01:02:32.080 --> 01:02:35.200
[Ugra] I know many
who stopped watching cricket after that.
929
01:02:35.680 --> 01:02:37.520
They just gave up. Didn't care.
930
01:02:38.160 --> 01:02:42.680
So, the only way for Indian cricket
to return to its equilibrium
931
01:02:42.680 --> 01:02:47.120
was for the cricket board to take action
against cricketers that were involved.
932
01:02:48.560 --> 01:02:50.960
[reporter] The board is expected
to deal severely
933
01:02:50.960 --> 01:02:53.440
with those implicated by the CBI report.
934
01:02:55.360 --> 01:02:58.840
Cricketing world had to say to its fans,
935
01:02:59.800 --> 01:03:01.920
"No, no, no.
We'll not brook any nonsense."
936
01:03:01.920 --> 01:03:03.560
"We will nip it in the bud."
937
01:03:04.880 --> 01:03:09.720
That was one of the reasons
Azhar had to be made an example out of.
938
01:03:10.960 --> 01:03:13.680
He had to be hanged publicly
939
01:03:13.680 --> 01:03:17.440
to reassure everybody
that the cricketing story is fine
940
01:03:17.440 --> 01:03:19.120
and Azhar was an aberration.
941
01:03:19.120 --> 01:03:22.600
[reporter] In the case
of former captain Mohammed Azharuddin,
942
01:03:22.600 --> 01:03:25.920
the finding is that he had a nexus
with bookies like M.K Gupta
943
01:03:25.920 --> 01:03:28.640
and that he was involved in match-fixing.
944
01:03:28.640 --> 01:03:31.280 line:5%
Mohammed Azharuddin
945
01:03:31.280 --> 01:03:33.640 line:5%
is debarred
from playing any cricket matches
946
01:03:33.640 --> 01:03:38.280
conducted or authorized
by ICC, BCCI for life.
947
01:03:46.600 --> 01:03:48.840
That's the saddest moment
for Indian cricket.
948
01:03:49.560 --> 01:03:51.520
Saddest moment for Indian cricket.
949
01:03:55.840 --> 01:04:00.120
Azhar was like,
"The person, the cricketer."
950
01:04:00.840 --> 01:04:03.240
So playing under him was something great.
951
01:04:05.440 --> 01:04:08.480
He lived by example, led by example.
952
01:04:08.480 --> 01:04:10.800
He is a fighter. He didn't wanted to lose.
953
01:04:15.360 --> 01:04:16.600
So, I never believed it.
954
01:04:17.760 --> 01:04:21.720
I never believed it
because Azhar couldn't do that.
955
01:04:31.400 --> 01:04:33.560
[Krishnan] Azhar was holed up
in Hyderabad.
956
01:04:35.160 --> 01:04:36.360
He went into hiding.
957
01:04:38.040 --> 01:04:39.400
He was drawn into a shell.
958
01:04:41.240 --> 01:04:43.840
I was the only journalist
that Azharuddin spoke to.
959
01:04:53.680 --> 01:04:57.360
That drive to Banjara
was, uh, definitely nervous.
960
01:04:58.080 --> 01:05:00.440
This is my first occasion meeting the man.
961
01:05:02.280 --> 01:05:04.800
Would he be hostile?
962
01:05:05.640 --> 01:05:07.200
Would he develop cold feet?
963
01:05:08.120 --> 01:05:10.040
Those thoughts were playing on my mind.
964
01:05:12.480 --> 01:05:13.760
He asked me for lunch.
965
01:05:13.760 --> 01:05:15.600
He gave me chicken biryani.
966
01:05:15.600 --> 01:05:20.320
And after which, uh,
we sat down for the interview.
967
01:05:24.280 --> 01:05:30.400
He said that it would be grossly unfair
to put the blame on him squarely.
968
01:05:33.480 --> 01:05:36.400
He thought
that the problem was even bigger.
969
01:05:38.600 --> 01:05:41.280
But the larger point
he was trying to send out,
970
01:05:41.280 --> 01:05:45.280
he kept protesting loudly
that he was not involved,
971
01:05:45.280 --> 01:05:47.360
that he was being made a scapegoat.
972
01:05:50.880 --> 01:05:54.520
He kept telling me
that he would ride the storm...
973
01:05:56.800 --> 01:05:59.120 line:5%
and he would come out triumphant.
974
01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:02.040 line:5%
He actually thought
975
01:06:02.040 --> 01:06:04.920
the ban would be lifted
if he successfully contested it.
976
01:06:13.680 --> 01:06:16.680
[Ramakanth Reddy] Being a lawyer
is my passion, my love.
977
01:06:18.520 --> 01:06:22.080
I've been practicing law
for the last 30 years.
978
01:06:24.680 --> 01:06:26.960
Now, after the life ban was imposed,
979
01:06:26.960 --> 01:06:28.800
Azhar came to me and said,
980
01:06:30.720 --> 01:06:32.280
[in Hindi] "Do something about it."
981
01:06:35.640 --> 01:06:40.640
[in English] We have a CBI report
which I read, reread and went on reading.
982
01:06:42.280 --> 01:06:45.240
Right from the beginning,
everything was not in order.
983
01:06:48.600 --> 01:06:53.080
See, the whole enquiry
is based on hearsay.
984
01:06:55.640 --> 01:06:59.560
What Ajay Sharma says,
or what, uh, Manoj Prabhakar says.
985
01:07:00.320 --> 01:07:02.480
Or Mukesh Kumar Gupta.
986
01:07:04.080 --> 01:07:07.800
He had lot of endorsements
and lakhs of rupees coming in.
987
01:07:08.520 --> 01:07:11.080
He never had any assets
988
01:07:11.080 --> 01:07:13.560
disproportionate
to the known sources of income.
989
01:07:13.560 --> 01:07:16.280
So how can we give credence
to this whole report?
990
01:07:17.200 --> 01:07:22.520
There is not a single photograph,
not a single video clipping, nothing.
991
01:07:22.520 --> 01:07:23.680
It's very bad.
992
01:07:25.800 --> 01:07:28.680
You are saying
that you never did anything wrong.
993
01:07:28.680 --> 01:07:31.080
It's complete rubbish,
the match-fixing allegations.
994
01:07:31.080 --> 01:07:32.600
- I think so.
- But they said
995
01:07:32.600 --> 01:07:35.120
you admitted
to some of the match-fixing stuff and...
996
01:07:35.120 --> 01:07:39.280
No. Because I have
no chargesheet from any agency.
997
01:07:39.280 --> 01:07:41.760
- So unless--
- But nor has your name been cleared.
998
01:07:41.760 --> 01:07:43.160
Hopefully, it will be cleared.
999
01:07:44.200 --> 01:07:47.360
Azharuddin completely denied
that he'd ever told the CBI
1000
01:07:47.360 --> 01:07:49.600
anything that was stated
in the CBI report.
1001
01:07:54.160 --> 01:07:56.400
But after we spoke to him,
1002
01:07:56.400 --> 01:08:02.000
the income tax authorities had raided
his wife Sangeeta's house in Mumbai.
1003
01:08:06.400 --> 01:08:10.040
They had found a fax from Azharuddin.
1004
01:08:11.800 --> 01:08:16.240
Surprisingly, he went home
and wrote everything that he had told us
1005
01:08:16.240 --> 01:08:19.360
and faxed them to his wife,
Sangeeta Bijlani.
1006
01:08:21.160 --> 01:08:22.600
Point-by-point,
1007
01:08:22.600 --> 01:08:26.359
he listed all the various things
that he had told us.
1008
01:08:28.600 --> 01:08:33.279
For example,
the introduction to M.K by Ajay Sharma.
1009
01:08:34.319 --> 01:08:39.080
He had also written in the fax
about his shopping spree in Harrods.
1010
01:08:39.080 --> 01:08:41.720
That bill had been paid
by one of the bookies.
1011
01:08:41.720 --> 01:08:45.359
So that corroborated that, you know,
1012
01:08:45.359 --> 01:08:48.279
Azharuddin indeed
had told all that things to us.
1013
01:08:48.279 --> 01:08:51.040
He has been consistent all throughout
1014
01:08:51.040 --> 01:08:54.279
in saying
that he was not involved in match-fixing,
1015
01:08:55.160 --> 01:08:59.800
and any confession before a police officer
is essentially under pressure.
1016
01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:03.640
We were quite certain
that he was involved.
1017
01:09:05.840 --> 01:09:07.600
Left no room for any doubt.
1018
01:09:09.760 --> 01:09:13.680
[interviewer] These allegations came
and just ended your career abruptly.
1019
01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:15.920
How did you cope with that?
What did you do?
1020
01:09:15.920 --> 01:09:19.680
Infinite patience.
That's the only thing you can have.
1021
01:09:19.680 --> 01:09:22.560
I mean, if anybody
possesses that, infinite patience,
1022
01:09:22.560 --> 01:09:24.880
I think they'll always
come out successful.
1023
01:09:24.880 --> 01:09:28.399
- Thank you for being on the couch with me.
- My pleasure.
1024
01:09:28.399 --> 01:09:30.880
Although not answering
all the questions that honestly.
1025
01:09:30.880 --> 01:09:31.800
Maybe next time.
1026
01:09:31.800 --> 01:09:34.399
- We should have another couch with you.
- Maybe next time...
1027
01:09:44.439 --> 01:09:46.920
[Ugra] Once Mohammed Azharuddin
was banned,
1028
01:09:46.920 --> 01:09:50.080
there was a kind of a... "Let's move on.
Let's move ahead from here."
1029
01:09:52.520 --> 01:09:58.000
The CBI report had a huge impact.
It changed cricket.
1030
01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:02.800
[crowd cheering]
1031
01:10:07.640 --> 01:10:10.360
The main thing that we were able to do
1032
01:10:10.360 --> 01:10:13.120
was start this process
of educating players.
1033
01:10:15.600 --> 01:10:18.800
Now they are told
of the dangers lurking around them.
1034
01:10:20.080 --> 01:10:23.200
How you can be cultivated,
how you can be trapped.
1035
01:10:24.160 --> 01:10:26.640
So they can avoid getting corrupted.
1036
01:10:31.440 --> 01:10:35.000
[bookie on tape, in Hindi] Today
anti-corruption is everywhere.
1037
01:10:35.680 --> 01:10:40.520
An anti-corruption team
stay in the hotel with the players.
1038
01:10:40.520 --> 01:10:42.080
[crowd clamoring]
1039
01:10:42.640 --> 01:10:47.400
Even if one
is able to get the players' phone numbers,
1040
01:10:48.160 --> 01:10:51.360
anti-corruption have an eye all over.
1041
01:10:52.360 --> 01:10:53.680
But gambling is still big.
1042
01:10:54.960 --> 01:10:56.320
No one can leave it.
1043
01:10:56.320 --> 01:10:57.920
I have never even tried.
1044
01:10:59.160 --> 01:11:00.720
This is my job.
1045
01:11:08.480 --> 01:11:10.560
[Ugra] When I look back at that time,
1046
01:11:10.560 --> 01:11:12.200
it was almost like growing up.
1047
01:11:12.200 --> 01:11:15.440
[chuckles] In sports journalism,
it's like saying, "Wake up."
1048
01:11:15.440 --> 01:11:19.440
Getting a slap on your fae and saying,
"Wake up. This is what real life is like."
1049
01:11:23.200 --> 01:11:26.720
And so, for me,
the superstars have gone away and faded,
1050
01:11:27.800 --> 01:11:30.880
but what I love
is being part of the cricket community.
1051
01:11:31.360 --> 01:11:32.800
Being part of the family.
1052
01:11:32.800 --> 01:11:36.600
[crowd cheering]
1053
01:11:39.400 --> 01:11:41.240
It always comes back to cricket,
1054
01:11:41.240 --> 01:11:44.760
because it can just set you alight
with a piece of action
1055
01:11:44.760 --> 01:11:46.840 line:5%
that you can't find in any other sport.
1056
01:11:48.880 --> 01:11:52.440
[commentator] Gone! Off stump...
1057
01:11:53.880 --> 01:11:57.160
Unbelievable performance from India.
1058
01:12:15.400 --> 01:12:18.200
[in Hindi] I will not be taking
any further legal action.
1059
01:12:18.200 --> 01:12:21.240
I'm very happy with the court's decision.
1060
01:12:21.800 --> 01:12:26.600
[in English] Uh, the case was overturned
only on account of technical reasons.
1061
01:12:27.160 --> 01:12:30.160
We, in CBI, are absolutely certain
1062
01:12:30.160 --> 01:12:33.880
that Mr. Mohammed Azharuddin
was involved in match-fixing.
1063
01:12:33.880 --> 01:12:37.960
And we said it
with lot of evidence available at hand.
1064
01:12:37.960 --> 01:12:40.120
[in Hindi] I want to do
something in cricket
1065
01:12:40.120 --> 01:12:42.000
because I have played so many years.
1066
01:12:42.000 --> 01:12:45.840
I would want to share my experience
1067
01:12:45.840 --> 01:12:49.760
with the young generation of cricketers.
1068
01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:50.920
[reporter] Azhar, uh...
1069
01:12:58.600 --> 01:13:02.120
[in Hindi] The board is ill-informed,
1070
01:13:02.120 --> 01:13:05.600
and I'm disappointed by its decision,
1071
01:13:05.600 --> 01:13:11.000
which I feel is arbitrary
and discriminatory.
1072
01:13:30.080 --> 01:13:35.280 line:5%
[in English] I do not think
that M.K had any remorse as such.
1073
01:13:35.280 --> 01:13:37.080
He had made enough money
1074
01:13:37.840 --> 01:13:40.720
and, uh, that it was time for him to,
1075
01:13:41.840 --> 01:13:45.120
uh, shall we say, enjoy his earnings.
1076
01:13:45.120 --> 01:13:46.800
[reporters clamoring]
1077
01:13:57.040 --> 01:14:00.440
Now I can go back and sleep properly.
1078
01:14:01.600 --> 01:14:05.080
Nothing...
Leave it to the government agencies.
1079
01:14:05.080 --> 01:14:09.320
The allegation
made by Manoj Prabhakar against Kapil Dev
1080
01:14:09.320 --> 01:14:12.640
were not corroborated
by any kind of evidence.
1081
01:14:14.800 --> 01:14:19.280
The nation's spirit would have broken
if they found Kapil Dev was involved.
1082
01:14:20.320 --> 01:14:23.120
And to that extent,
I think everybody was very relieved
1083
01:14:23.120 --> 01:14:24.600
that he's not involved.
1084
01:14:25.600 --> 01:14:27.040
[man, in Hindi] Get the car!
1085
01:14:27.040 --> 01:14:28.600
[indistinct chatter]
1086
01:14:34.080 --> 01:14:36.480
[Sawani, in English]
When Mukesh Gupta revealed
1087
01:14:36.480 --> 01:14:39.880
that he had dealings
with Manoj Prabhakar also,
1088
01:14:39.880 --> 01:14:42.200
that... the entire tables turned.
1089
01:14:42.200 --> 01:14:46.880
Perhaps he may not have been as bold
in taking part in the sting operations
1090
01:14:46.880 --> 01:14:50.000
if he had ever known
that he himself will be exposed.
1091
01:14:50.000 --> 01:14:53.720
[in Hindi] I never expected that
this thing would end this way.
1092
01:14:53.720 --> 01:14:58.440
I was the one who originally exposed this
in front of the public.
1093
01:14:58.440 --> 01:15:02.200
If I was involved,
I would never have started it.
1094
01:15:11.800 --> 01:15:14.480
[Bahal] We don't know
the extent, if at all,
1095
01:15:14.480 --> 01:15:17.640
of Manoj's involvement
in the match-fixing saga.
1096
01:15:18.560 --> 01:15:22.400
We did ask him, we did confront him,
but he denied everything to us.
1097
01:15:23.280 --> 01:15:25.000
You could say that Manoj Prabhakar
1098
01:15:25.000 --> 01:15:27.880
was possibly
the most gutsy or the most foolish.
1099
01:15:28.640 --> 01:15:31.960
You know, in that sense,
to me, it was enormously gutsy.