Spot-fixing 3 times in broad daylight in matches of crore earners in IPL 2025?
Has spot fixing taken place in the cricket league in which famous players from around the world are playing? Has match fixing taken place in the league in which many players sold for crores for IPL 2025 are playing? This question arises because some such pictures related to that league indicate such incidents. Cricket is called a gentleman's game but Abu Dhabi T10 is under question regarding its gentleman image. The 3 pictures of 3 players throwing no balls in 3 matches from there are giving rise to many questions at this time? Is the organization of the Abu Dhabi 10 League right? Should ICC not take cognizance of this league? Will those 3 players be banned?
Now you must be wondering what are those 3 pictures of no ball, which seem to be reviving the ghost of spot-fixing? The first picture of no ball is of the match played between Sam Army and New York Strikers on 22 November in Abu Dhabi T10. In this match, Pakistan-born UAE bowler Hazrat Bilal bowled a long no ball, due to which he was heavily criticized on social media and questions were raised about spot fixing in Abu Dhabi T10.
The second picture of a no ball was seen in the match played between Bangla Tigers and Delhi Bulls on 25 November. Here the no ball was not due to over stepping but due to the high height of the ball bowled by Afghanistan bowler Naveen-ul-Haq. Bangla Tigers needed 41 runs in 12 balls to win, after which Naveen, who came to bowl, gave away 29 runs in his over, which was the 9th over of Bangla Tigers' innings. Naveen bowled one wide and one no ball in this over, which was fully exploited by Livingston, who scored a half-century in 15 balls in the match.
After the incidents of no balls happening in one match after another, it is also a common discussion on social media whether ICC will take cognizance of this? Can it ban those players? At present, there is no answer to this. But from the IPL point of view, the pictures are a matter of concern because many big stars like Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Naveen Ul Haq are part of that league, who have received crores in the IPL 2025 auction.