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The Dark Side of Cricket

By: Vice Media Asia Pacific
Narrated by: Parthshri Arora
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  • Summary

  • Indian cricket enthusiasts often joke about the influence of money, and corruption, and wonder if the wild results in the IPL are “scripted”. Cricketing authorities and media veer away from these subjects to go quickly to the pitches, pink balls, and fluorescent cheerleader outfits.

    Welcome to The Dark Side of Cricket, a show that will shine a light on cricket’s not so shiny moments – from match-fixing and Dawood Ibrahim to doping and mental burnout. Keep listening to the Vice Original.
    ©2023 Vice Media (P)2023 Vice Media
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Episodes
  • Episode 1 - The Don’s Game

    Episode 1 - The Don’s Game
    Apr 3 2023
    "If you guys win the tournament, I will give all of you a Toyota car each," underworld don Dawood Ibrahim said inside the Indian team locker room, in 1987, thus changing the sport forever.
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    27 mins
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  • Episode 2 - The Bookmaker

    Episode 2 - The Bookmaker
    Apr 3 2023
    Match fixing in cricket is a story as old as time, but in the year 2000, in India, cricket’s reputation changed forever, when the game’s biggest match fixing scandal was exposed.
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    25 mins
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  • Episode 3 - How Spot Fixing Changed The Game

    Episode 3 - How Spot Fixing Changed The Game
    Apr 3 2023
    In 2010, just as the cricketing world was coming to terms with the advent of the IPL and the explosion of the internet, spot fixing, aka match fixing on steroids, showed how the sport had been engulfed by money.
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    25 mins
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Jaw-dropping stories, excellent narration. Highly recommend

A must listen for those who know that cricket is more than a sport and want a glimpse of its dirty underbelly. Stories written with plenty of diligence and care, and told with narrators easy-going charisma. Also covers a variety of issues that don’t receive enough attention - labour, caste, sexism. Credit to the creators for pulling off some wild interviews. Very entertaining and informative.

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