Match-fixing allegations hit IPL: 'Passed information to bookies in London via Snapchat,' admits Rachit Bhatia

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is once again under the scanner for not the right reasons, as a hidden-camera investigation by Tehelka's Special Investigation Team has reported an alleged playing XI leak network operating at the heart of the IPL. 

A former Ranji Trophy cricketer, Rachit Bhatia, was named as the middleman, and Snapchat was used as the communication channel to bookmakers sitting thousands of miles away in London.

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Bhatia is 28 years old, debuted for Nagaland in the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy season, and currently works as a selector and coach for Delhi school cricket teams across the under-14, under-17 and under-19 age groups.

The Tehelka sting places him at the centre of an operation that allegedly brokered inside information between a young Delhi-based cricketer and London bookmakers.

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Match-fixing allegations hit IPL again

The player who allegedly provided that information was not named in Tehelka's original report. However, cricket journalist Pratyush Halder subsequently identified him on X as Vansh Bedi.