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This is an archive article published on July 7, 2000

Prabhakar begs Tendulkar to rescue Indian cricket

MUMBAI, JULY 6: Manoj Prabhakar has appealed to Sachin Tendulkar to come out clean on why his decision to force a follow-on against New Ze...

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MUMBAI, JULY 6: Manoj Prabhakar has appealed to Sachin Tendulkar to come out clean on why his decision to force a follow-on against New Zealand last season was reversed.

Prabhakar says that his efforts, both clandestine and otherwise, has failed to urge cricketers from coming out in open and support his accusations that Kapil Dev offered him a bribe to throw a match in Sri Lanka against Pakistan. Only you can rescue Indian cricket from the shackles off match-fixing, he adds.

He further writes, I am not suggesting here that you avenge all wrong-doings against you, but do not forget the times when you were run out.

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Prabhakar, created a huge question of morals in journalism splitting the media world with opinions by an undercover tactic of catching Sunil Gavaskar, Lele, Ajit Wadekar, police officer Rakesh Maria, Ravi Shastri and others off guard with a concealed video.

“But I must confess that my enormous respect for you made mer esist intense pressure to get you on camera when I set out to nail the truth that match-fixing was not a figment of my imagination,” prabhakar informs.

The rebellious cricketer implores Tendulkar mentioning that his frank opinion will make a difference to Indian cricket’s fate as well give him relief from trauma of being branded as indisciplined and unfit.

BCCI protest to PCB

Indian cricket board strongly protested to its Pakistani counterpart on Thursday for its manager’s remarks in Sri Lanka on the match-fixing scandal when investigations were on at various levels saying his utterences were “unwarranted, baseless and unnecessary.”

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BCCI secretary Jayawant Lele in a strongly worded letter to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) director Yawar Saeed said the team manager Brig (Rtd) Mohammad Nasir should be directed to refrain from making such remarks when investigating agencies were examining the scandal at various levels.

“The match-fixing and betting episode is being examined in India by the Delhi police and CBI, in Pakistan by Qayyum Commission and in South Africa by the King Commission besides ICC (International Cricket Council) through its code of conduct commission,” he said.

Nasir at a press conference in Colombo prior to the ongoing tri-series had said, “everyone is blaming Hansie Cronje for what happened, but the root cause is the Indian bookies. You take them out and the problem will be solved.”

He specifically told an Indian journalist that, “you should do something about these Indian gamblers and their agents who are responsible for bringing disrepute to the noble game.”

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