#1 CSK and RR banned for 2 years each
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The can of worms opened by the match-fixing scandal in 2013 led to high-level investigations by the anti-corruption unit of the BCCI. It was alleged that Gurunath Meiyappan, a so-called “Cricket Enthusiast” and nothing more, as per his father-in-law and India Cements owner, N. Srinivasan, was involved in betting on matches involving CSK and he at times, bet in matches involving his own team.
He was also accused of divulging inside information to Vindoo Dara Singh; the kind of information that can seriously help one bet on matches.
Raj Kundra, a UK-based businessman and stakeholder in the Rajasthan Royals franchise, was also found guilty of betting on matches, a charge which he accepted but said that being from UK, he didn’t know that betting on matches was illegal in India.
Meiyappan was arrested for his offence and the whole chapter led to the two franchises being banned in July 2015 for 2 years, meaning that CSK and RR can’t play in the IPL in 2016 and 2017.
The two teams will be back in 2018 when the first 10-year cycle of the IPL ends and a mega auction will take place.
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