A rural Indian police force has cracked a criminal match-fixing ring that staged a T-20 competition at a village in India, which was then broadcast through social media as if it was being held in Sri Lanka. The criminals booked the Storer Cricket Academy ground in Swara between 29 June and 5 July, holding a four team series dubbed the UVA T20 Premier League. The matches were broadcast via various applications as if they were being staged in Sri Lanka.

Police said (see Instagram post below) that criminals relied on social media applications such as Fancode APP, Diamond, Sky, Lotus, Tenbet, Spin and Punjab Exchange to earn money from the fixed games. Whilst investigating, police found that the main perpetrator, Ravinder Singh Dandiwal, had organised fraudulent tournaments for many years after forming the Cricket Club of India in 2009.

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