The most successful captain in history died in an accident, became the captain of the cricket team at the age of 21

Hansie Cronje Story: Many great players have been stung in the history of cricket. Some of these players had also led their country's teams. But there were some players whose performance was excellent but their careers soon ended due to match fixing. Today we are going to give you information about the most successful captain in the history of South African cricket, whose career ended after match fixing. Shortly after this, this player died in a terrible accident.

Hansie Cronje went from being a successful captain to a 'villain'

Hansie Cronje made his Test and ODI debut for South Africa in 1992. Hansie Cronje played his first test match against West Indies. Whereas in ODI he made his debut against Australia. Hansie Cronje was considered the most successful captain of South Africa before Graeme Smith. At the age of 21, Hansie Cronje became the captain of the South Africa team. After becoming the captain, South Africa toured India and under his captaincy, South Africa created history by coming to India. On this tour, Africa won the series 2–0.

Birth of South Africa’s Most Successful Captain#OnThisDay in 1969, Hansie Cronje was born. He led South Africa in 138 Matches (Won 73.70%) pic.twitter.com/SX5r2pGJPF

— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) September 25, 2016

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Why was it banned?

In the year 2000, Hansie Cronje was accused of match fixing. After which the South African Cricket Board banned him for life. After Team India won the series, information came to light that Hansie Cronje had done match fixing. According to the report, Delhi Police had also released a tape recording in this case.

16 years have passed since Hansie Cronje passed away in a tragic air crash and I often remember him. He was the South African captain during my test debut and I was a huge fan of him. pic.twitter.com/5CMl0HMsnn

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) June 2, 2018

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After this incident, it was as if there was a black spot on cricket. As the investigation of the case progressed, many secrets were exposed. After this, Hansie Cronje confessed his crime before the ICC. Actually, he had done match fixing in the third match of the Test series against Team India, for which he was to get 30 thousand dollars.

this is how death happened

Hansie Cronje was banned in the year 2000. After two years a sad news came for the cricket world. Although the mystery of Hansie's death has not been solved till date, but according to the report, Hansie Cronje died in a mysterious plane crash.

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