In what would be a sensational turn of events if true, the Daily Sun’s undercover journalists have apparently discovered a betting ring that could shake the entire cricketing fraternity. The journalists, masquerading themselves as underworld bookies, met with Indian businessman, Sobers Joban, in a bid to uncover the truth.

Joban, who was residing at a $500-per-night hotel in Dubai, boasted that he could show “magic” in the Big Bash by fixing up to four matches in the Big Bash T20 league with the help of an Australian cricketer.

Joban said: “So what you want? You want to see something magic in Big Bash?

“Big Bash we can do. Winning and loss. Some matches – we have some news, we got some confirmed news, through X and one man.”

The Daily Sun didn’t want to mention the name of the cricketer and blurred it out in its entirety in an attempt to avoid legal confrontations, which brings in the question of the authenticity of the work given that the purpose of the whole setup was to expose the wrongdoers – and this discretion beats the motive.

Nevertheless, Joban then went on to explain how the Australian cricket – named X here – and another man helps them with this.

“Through X and also one man involved with this. We will get some news in Big Bash. Confirmed news.

“X is also involved in this. X get news from somebody – in Australia, a man who is also involved.

“He’s doing all a lot of things, he’s connected with a lot of people, the bookies and all.”

He then went on to reveal that upto 4 matches could be fixed in the Big Bash.

“You know the Big Bash there will only be 3 to 4 matches that will be fixed.”

This comes as a bit of a shocker since the Big Bash has always stood out among the rest of the leagues for its focus on the quality of cricket rather than the flamboyance. Joban, however, seemed more of a boastful man who also explained that he could fix the Ashes, session by session, through scripts.

Joban’s partner, Priyank Saxena, later joined the party to reveal that the Sun journalists acting as undercover could fix the BPL if they wanted to – all it needed was 1.5 crore rupees.

Priyank said: “Do you want Bangladesh? You will get full script. All four sessions. Win and lose.”

“Let me know by this evening. I will fix everything nicely.”

Later next year, the new Zimbabwe Premier T20 league will be inaugurated and the two partners wanted the undercover journalists to invest million there because the sole purpose of that league is to earn money rather than playing meaningful cricket. Joban also added that 90% of the players enrolled for the Zimbabwe league are their puppets.

“90 per cent. They are all our puppets”.