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Sri Lanka “sold” the 2011 World Cup final to India, the country’s former sports minister said on Thursday, reviving one of cricket’s most explosive match-fixing controversies.
Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was sports minister at the time, is the second senior figure to allege the final was fixed, after 1996 World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga. “I tell you today that we sold the 2011 World Cup finals,” Aluthgamage told Sirasa TV. “Even when I was sports minister I believed this.”
Aluthgamage, sports minister from 2010 to 2015 and now state minister for renewable energy and power, said he “did not want to disclose” the plot at the time.
I cannot believe we are still going on about and of all people a politician! So lets go through this. Firstly, this is a serious allegation which cannot be just thrown around but reported with evidence – not expecting a circus clown to understand this. Secondly, to throw a game, you need to first be the favorite to win, which we weren’t, and next, get in to a winning position and give it away, which didn’t happen either. Finally, did this guy actually watch the game? We got a good score but defending at the Wankedhi in the night is almost impossible. Malinga took out Sewag and Sachin but we didn’t get a sniff from there. Also, on paper, India were the stronger team, playing at home, batting second at the Wankedi – the only team who could have thrown this game was India!
Dont vote for Aluthgamage’s party. These dirty buggers should be shown the door at next election by voters.