Cricketers who sold the country for money… 5 captains included, Pakistanis are on top, even Indians are not left behind.

Cricket News Desk. The biggest dream of any cricketer is to play for his country. In a country like India, this dream of one of the crores of cricketers has come true. Even in a country like Pakistan, it is not easy to make a place in the national team. Despite this, many cricketers sell their dreams. Yes, there are many cricketers in the world including India, who did match fixing or sold their country for money. He took money for losing the match and let his country down.

At present, there are more than 30 cricketers in the world who have been accused of match fixing at one time or the other. Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik was the first cricketer in the world to be found guilty of match-fixing and banned for life. Salim Malik was banned, but he also had to go to jail. Pakistan's Ata ur Rehman was banned for life on charges of match fixing.

Azhar-Jadeja-Manoj Prabhakar…
Indian cricketers were also accused of match fixing and were punished. In 2000, South African captain Hansie Cronje claimed that Mohammad Azharuddin had introduced him to a bookie and offered to fix matches. The cricket world was shaken by these allegations of match fixing. After investigation, BCCI banned captain Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma for life and Manoj Prabhakar for 5 years. However, the court lifted the ban on these four.

Cronje's revelations created an uproar
Hennessy Cronje's revelations have not only harmed Indian cricket. South African cricketers also became victims of this. Hansie Cronje was banned for life. Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams were also banned for six months. Kenya's Maurice Odumbe and West Indies' Marlon Samuels were also banned for 5 and 3 years respectively in separate cases.

The biggest storm came in 2010
The biggest fixing scandal came in 2010, when a sting operation found Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and then captain Salman Butt selling their games for money. However, it was more a case of spot fixing than match fixing. A case was registered against these Pakistani cricketers in England and they were also punished. Salman Butt was jailed for 30 months, Asif for 12 months and Aamir for 6 months.

Life ban imposed on Danish Kaneria
Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria, who is very active on YouTube, has also been banned for life. Kaneria was spot-fixing in county cricket in England. Pakistan's Umar Akmal, Sharjeel Khan, former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful, Sharif Ul Haq, New Zealand's Lew Vincent, Pakistan's Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Alvira Pietersen have also faced bans in various fixing cases.