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Summary The bookie says Pakistani players deliberately dropped four catches of Sachin Tendulkar.
Quoting an extract from a British journalist’s ED Hawkin’s book published in British newspaper on Wednesday, it has been claimed that the cricket world cup match 2011 between Pakistan and India was fixed. The match was played in Mohali on March 30, 2011.According to the journalist, an Indian bookie tweeted him before the match that Pakistan will lose the match by more than 20 runs, while the outcome of the match was with minor difference as told, as Pakistan was defeated by 29 runs.The extract also claimed that the bookie told that Pakistani players deliberately dropped four catches of Sachin Tendulkar.The bookie further said that India batting first would make 260 runs and their first three wickets would fall in 15 overs, while Pakistan would make 100 runs and their two wickets would also soon fall.The book claimed that the fixers used Bollywood actresses as honey-trap.
