Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025: A big controversy has emerged in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Four players have been suspended on charges of match fixing and instigating players.
SMAT Match Fixing Allegation: Questions are once again being raised on Indian domestic cricket. This time a big case related to corruption has come to light during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26. In this matter, Assam Cricket Association has taken a big step and suspended four players. These players are accused of instigating the members of the Assam team to get involved in corruption. Let us tell you that during the matches of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 between 26 November and 8 December, Assam was out of the group state itself.
These four players were suspended
The names of the four players suspended by the Assam Cricket Association are Ishan Ahmed, Aman Tripathi, Amit Sinha and Abhishek Thakur. All of them are accused of wrongly instigating the players associated with the Assam team. Seeing the seriousness of this matter, Guwahati Crime Branch has registered an FIR against all four and this entire matter is being investigated. Not only this, after the matter came to light, the Entry Corruption and Security Unit of BCCI has also started investigating this matter.
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The matter came to light during SMAT matches
According to the report, the activities of these players were found suspicious during the match played between 26 November and 7 December, due to which they have been suspended. Assam Cricket Association made this shocking revelation in a press release on 12th December. Let us tell you that all four of them have played for Assam at different levels. Abhishek Thakur has also played for Assam in Ranji before the start of Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After the matter came to light, Assam Cricket Association clearly said that such wrongdoings harm the reputation of the game. For this reason all four players have been immediately suspended. At present the matter is under investigation, after this incident once again corruption in domestic cricket has been exposed.