Gulam Bodi, who played two one-day internationals and one Twenty20 for South Africa in 2007, was named this week as the “intermediary” charged in December under CSA’s anti-corruption code, but there has been widespread speculation that other names would follow.
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Former South Africa worldwide Gulam Bodi has been charged with attempting to fix matches in the country’s domestic Twenty20 competition, the country’s cricket authorities said yesterday.
He was allegedly paid “at least R75 000” to influence last year’s domestic Ram Slam T20 series, during which he captained the Highveld Lions.
Bodi is believed to be the intermediary between illegal bookmakers and an unknown number of South Africa-based players who were apparently doing the fixing during the T20 competition.
Bodi’s alleged role in fixing matches was revealed after a detailed investigation on the conduct or Ram Slam tournament by CSA a year ago.
He is also likely to face a criminal investigation under South Africa’s Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities law that includes a clause to cover sporting corruption here known as ‘Hansie’s law’.
Similar to the manner in which Cronje operated in the late 1990s, Bodi is understood to have pretended his offer was a joke once it had been rejected by the player.
While the identity of players are under wraps, they are reportedly Test cricketers, who though didn’t feature in the ongoing series against England.
Bodi, who was born in India before emigrating to South Africa as a teenager, is also alleged to have offered to arrange meetings between players and Indian businessmen.
The corruption scandal engulfing South African cricket has taken a dramatic twist with two test players now implicated.
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The case against Bodi was “pending”, CSA said, and declined to give further details.
