Indian bookie makes it to Fleming’s book

This incident was first reported during the match-fixing investigations in 2001-02, but at the time the New Zealand cricket board had opted to remain silent on it.

Fleming’s announcement, therefore, assumes importance, as it is the first admission of the incident.

The Kiwi skipper says he was approached in the bar of the team’s Leicester hotel during the 1999 World Cup in England by a man later identified as sports promoter Aushim Khetrapal, an associate of Indian bookmaker Sanjeev Chawla.