Yograj Singh’s father, a player of former national cricket team of India and mythological all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, has leveled the allegations of ‘match-fixing’ allegations against Kapil Dev.
Yogaj Singh asked that the match-fixing case that included the 1983 World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev was closed and was not brought for discussion.
What was the match-fixing scandal associated with Kapil Dev?
In June 1997, former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar publicly alleged that Kapil Dev, among others, had offered him money to underpare the matches during the 1994 Singer Cup in Colombo.
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Following shocking allegations, the BCCI was forced to form a commission led by former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud to investigate the case.
The committee investigated the allegations leveled by Prabhakar and released conclusions in April 2000. Prabhakar was slammed to wait 3 to 6 years after alleged incidents to make the case public. In addition, he failed to name the alleged bread and did not give any supporting evidence, and his allegations were found factually inconsistent.
In 2000, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and BCCI anti -corruption officer, K.K. Madhavan further interrogated and submitted a report on 1 November 2000, in which Kapil Dev did not find any reliable evidence connecting any match-fixing or bribe. The veteran all -rounder was given a clean chit in the case, and the case was closed.
Ask all journalists, where is the file of match fixing – Kapil Dev
In an interview with Insidesport, Yograj mentioned how Kapil, Mohammad Azharuddin, and other match-fixing scams were involved in the scam and demanded that the case file be reopened. He said:
“Ask all the journalists, where is the match -fixing file that is lying in the Supreme Court closed … Do you know anything about it? Do you know anything about it? I am telling you the question, ask the question. Do you know that all were caught in match fixing? First Kapil Dev’s name came, then Azharuddin’s name came, then you will stop it.”
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There are many prominent legends – Yogaj Singh
Yograj Singh further said that the file will not be opened again as many legends will roll the heads. The former Indian player also recalled how a friend of his, who was a journalist, was once threatened. He explained in detail:
“No. Why? There are many prominent legends. I have told you what is the truth and what is a lie. Why don’t you do this? I have said it many times. We have Mr. Luthra. He is a journalist. He is a journalist. He was my best friend. We used to talk a lot. We used to talk and said that people had come to break their house and set fire.
“I said, are you afraid of these things? You are afraid that they will say something to your family, they will burn your office. They have turned it into a goon here. So people are scared.”
INSIDESPORT EXCLUSIVE
Yogaj Singh said:
“Ask all journalists where the match-fixing file is lying in the Supreme Court. Kapil Dev, Mohammad. Azharuddin and many more mainly were nominated in it. Why were the files closed? These files would never be opened because one … pic.twitter.com/cqfhcny6yb
– Insidesport (@IINSIDESPORTIND) September 7, 2025
