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The odds are it was betting: Nagpur police

The jury’s still out on that, but on Saturday Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil and Nagpur Police Commissioner S P S Yadav pointed in different directions.

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NAGPUR: Was the Nagpur one-dayer fixed? The jury’s still out on that, but on Saturday Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil and Nagpur Police Commissioner S P S Yadav pointed in different directions.

“The conclusion drawn by police from the conversation does not establish that the Nagpur ODI was fixed,” said Patil. “We are handing over our findings to the ICC and BCCI.”

But the Nagpur police, who also kept a watch on the betting meter, have a different take. West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels was caught discussing team details with alleged bookie Mukesh Kochchar ahead of the January 21 ODI.

“We found that on the morning of January 20, the betting price on India stood at 90 paise. It dropped to 65 paise by night and 60 paise by the time India went to bat,” Yadav told DNA.

Police said there was heavy betting on who will bat first. “Kochchar was probably aware that the West Indies would bowl first,” a source told DNA. 

“The bookie (sic) might have influenced the betting meter on that.” Sources said the police missed Kochchar’s conversation with Samuels on three previous occasions. But Yadav is convinced Kochchar’s “taped conversation indicates he was betting”.

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