{"id":16660,"date":"2021-04-07T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16660"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:33:34","slug":"indian-cricket-chief-against-legalisation-of-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-cricket-chief-against-legalisation-of-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Indian cricket chief against legalisation of sports betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India says the legalisation of sports bettingwould encourage match-fixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala<\/strong>, the new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India <\/strong>(BCCI), has said that he is firmly against the possibility of legalising <\/strong>sports betting <\/strong>in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike his predecessor<\/strong>, who had stated that legalising betting would be the most effective <\/strong>means of preventing corruption within the game, Khandwawala believes legal sports<\/strong> betting would encourage match-fixing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “We can make the rules more strict<\/strong>. We will work on that. It is a matter of great prestige that cricket is largely free of corruption. Credit should go to the BCCI for that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cricket remains India\u2019s most popular sport<\/strong>. There is a huge underground cricket betting market said to be worth between US$45bn and US$150bn a year. Around 80 per cent of illegal sports betting in India is on Cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four more people were arrested following allegations of cricket betting operations<\/em><\/a>\u00a0during India\u2019s recent test match against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khandwawala said: \u201cRooting out corruption from smaller events and leagues is a big challenge and we need to put an end to it. We need to ensure there is nothing shady happening at all levels of cricket<\/strong> being played in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India says the legalisation of sports bettingwould encourage match-fixing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The new head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Anti-Corruption Unit, Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala, has voiced strong opposition to the legalization of sports betting in India, asserting it would encourage match-fixing. This position contrasts with his predecessor's view that legalization could be an effective anti-corruption measure. The debate unfolds against the backdrop of a substantial illegal cricket betting market in India, estimated between US$45bn and US$150bn annually.","focusai_entities":"Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"BCCI Anti-Corruption Strategy?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and enforcement mechanisms does the BCCI propose to combat match-fixing within the existing illegal market, given its opposition to legalization?"},{"label":"India iGaming Policy Alignment?","query":"How does this stance by the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit align with or diverge from the broader Indian government's evolving perspective on iGaming regulation and economic liberalization?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16334,155],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-16660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-asia-news","category-sports-betting-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16660"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16686,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660\/revisions\/16686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}