Match-Fixing in IPL: The New Normal?
- By Dr. AK Rana
They don’t even hide it anymore in IPL. Just a few smiles in front of the cameras and the show goes on.
The match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians raised more than just eyebrows—it raised questions. Big ones.
Let’s talk about the moment that summed it all up:
Deepak Chahar bowled to Ishan Kishan. There was no appeal. The entire stadium went silent. And then—out of nowhere—the umpire raised his finger. A delayed, awkward gesture. Suddenly, like someone shouted “cue!”, Chahar and the fielders began appealing—after the decision was already made.
And what about Ishan Kishan? No DRS, no confusion, no argument. He just smiled and walked away. His team was in deep trouble, yet he had no urge to fight it. Almost like… he knew the script.
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What a match.
What a script.
And we’re the audience getting played.
We spend hours, emotions, energy—while they earn from an outcome that might already be decided.
Mumbai Indians has often been under the scanner for alleged fixing, and last night’s match felt like a brutal confirmation of those suspicions.
But hey, it’s IPL. Team management will read out their rehearsed PR lines. Maybe the umpire will be blamed, or it’ll be called a “miscommunication.”
So many excuses, right?
Match-fixing is not just a “mistake.”
It’s a betrayal.
It kills the soul of the sport.
It deserves real consequences—not just apologies tucked behind press conferences.
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Everyone jokes that IPL is fixed.
Some of us believed otherwise—because with so many cameras and eyes, how can anyone get away with it?
But now?
Even that belief is hanging by a thread.
So what do we do?
Celebrate the wins? Mourn the losses? Or clap for a well-directed drama, with cricket as just a backdrop?
(HA… HA… HA)
It’s both infuriating and hilarious—how they mock the very fans who cry when their favorite player gets out, who celebrate every boundary like it’s personal.
Then again, this is the same fan base that made a girl Insta-famous because of her reaction to MS Dhoni getting out.
That says a lot. And it’s kind of… hypocritical, isn’t it?
And now, Rajasthan Royals is facing similar allegations. SRH may be next in line. But MI?
They’ve always been the face of these whispers—and now, perhaps, the poster boys for match-fixing allegations.
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