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Indian team owner of cricket 'league' in Lanka match-fixing case

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Apr 24, 2024 19:04

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Indian national Yoni Patel, who owns a cricket team in the unsanctioned Legends Cricket League in Sri Lanka, is set to be indicted for match-fixing along with compatriot P Akash, PTI quotes a Colombo magistrate's court official as having said.

This was after Patel's application for bail was refused by the court last Friday and the travel ban imposed on the duo was extended by one month, the official revealed.

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