Bookies’ Shocking Way of Using Delhi Match for Corruption

The 14th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) was indefinitely suspended after several players across franchises tested positive for COVID-19. During a match in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Anti-Corruption Unit nabbed two individuals for allegedly pitch-siding or court-siding.

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Pitch or court-siding is having somebody inside a sports venue and passing on immediate match-related updates to a bookie, who can use that information to change the odds and accept or reject bets.

The few seconds of lag it takes to be aired on television gives them the window of opportunity.

Though pitch-siding doesn’t necessarily count as ‘match fixing’ as none of the action is rigged, it is a side-effect of competitive betting that sports organisers have been aiming to quell.