Colombo – Sri Lanka cricket’s anti-corruption unit detained 5 Indian spectators on suspicion of match-fixing right through Sunday’s 3rd and ultimate girls’s ODI between the hosts and India, an reputable stated.

The 5 had been to start with requested to go away the bottom at Katunayake, simply north of the capital Colombo, and later detained by means of police for investigations, the reputable stated.

“We felt their behaviour was once suspicious on the grounds and they all had been noticed excessively speaking on their telephones,” the Sri Lanka cricket reputable, who declined to be named, advised AFP. “We exercised our proper to take away them from the bottom and the police took over the investigation.”

Government imagine that the suspects could have had hyperlinks with overseas playing operations. Having a bet on sports activities is illegitimate in Sri Lanka. Police stated they had been wondering the suspects.

Sri Lanka received Sunday’s tournament by means of 3 wickets, however India received the three-match match 2-1.

Closing month, two Indians had been apprehended in Sri Lanka after officers noticed them behaving suspiciously and making repeated calls on their cell phones right through a home T20 match tournament.

Since ultimate month Sri Lanka Cricket has deployed extra anti-corruption officers at tournament venues.

Sri Lanka has additionally introduced plans for more difficult rules in opposition to sports activities corruption and a different police unit to take care of match-fixing following an Al-Jazeera documentary in Might exposing corruption in international cricket through which 3 Sri Lankan officers had been filmed agreeing to sway fits.