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The Match Fixing Scandal of 2000Summary1996 - Mohd. Azharuddin introduced Hansie Cronje to Mukesh Gupta - a bookie.1996 Kanpur test - final day fixing - $30,000 - Mukesh Gupta Scorecard$50,000 for team information, weather forecats and pitch reportFixed matches: 1999-2000 Ind vs SA ODI Series - ResultsHansie Cronje, Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, Henry Williams, and Pieter Strydom said to be involved in fixing the matches5th ODI - Gibbs asked to score less than 50 and Williams asked to give more than 50 runs - $15,000 (Cronje - $140,000) ScorecardGibbs scored 74 and Williams gets injured in his second overHow did it begin?As per The New York Times, “The scandal began in India in 1997 when (Manoj) Prabhakar wrote, in a signed article in a Delhi-based magazine, that he was offered 2.5 million rupees ($53,000/Rs.25,00,000) by a teammate to underperform in a match against Pakistan in 1994.” Further ReadingTimelineApril 7, 2000 - Delhi police charge Cronje with fixing after transcripts of his conversation with a bo