The Indian Premier League (IPL), an extravagant T20 league that started in 2008 and became the talk of the town in no time. Since its inception, the franchise-based league has given a plethora of memories to the fans. Fans wait for IPL, the annual carnival, throughout the year wholeheartedly.
But amidst all the hustle and bustle, fans sometimes fall prey to fake beliefs and those become the center of the discussion. There have been multiple occasions where they have fallen prey to false rumours and myths over the last 14 years.
In this piece, we will talk about some of the myths on IPL that fans believe are true:
1. Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings did “match-fixing”
The Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals would like to vanish 2013 from their memories. The incidents that happened in 2013, made their image stained and till now they carry forward that past. In 2015, CSK and RR got banned for the next two years.
Their officials got banned for a lifetime, they can not take part in any matches conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Just because the teams were engaged in “fixing” fans often tend to think that the teams did “match-fixing”. While factually the teams were banned for betting and “spot-fixing” There is a thick line between “match-fixing” and “spot-fixing”.
Spot-fixing is done based on the current situation of the game, which means when the game is on. Spot-fixing is fixing various instances whereas match-fixing is done before the game. In match-fixing, the results are pre-decided by the players or the officials. Hence, the outcome of the match is pre-decided. RR won the inaugural title and Chennai Super Kings won the title thrice, in 2010 and 2011 and then in 2018.
