Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir reacted to Brendan Taylor’s recent admission of bookies approach in India which took the cricketing world by shock. Taylor had recently opened up on incidents that he had to keep with himself for many years as he was blackmailed by bookies after consuming Cocaine. The former Zimbabwe captain was told that he will be paid a high amount of money for fixing games according to his confessions but luckily, Taylor had not been involved in corruption despite delaying to report to the ICC Anti Corruption Unit.
In fact, Taylor was threatened by the bookies that his video of consuming cocaine would be leaked out and the former had no way other than accepting the bookie’s demands. He had flown back home and took his time to report the incidents on which he might be taken action. However, Gambhir, who has been voicing out against any illegal activities was very much concerned about the security levels for the cricketers who report corruption.
Gautam Gambhir reacts to Brendan Taylor’s admission
Gambhir mentioned that he was taken aback by Brendan Taylor’s confessions and noted that he has always been against any type of wrong activity. He revealed how his emotions turned upside down after reading the post thrice and later on, went on to be concerned about the freedom with bookies that have been approaching the players.
“Brendan Taylor and his admission of delay in reporting a corrupt approach have caught my conscience and attention. I operate on an absolute zero-tolerance approach when it comes to any wrongdoing,”
“I was reading Taylor’s statement with the same emotion – disappointment, disgust, and anger. I read it once but it didn’t make me angry. I read it again and it was the same. I read it the third time and the emotions were different. Don’t get me wrong as I am not supporting Taylor.” Gambhir wrote in his column for The Times Of India
Gambhir also suggested Taylor should be treated with soft actions if he has proved that he did not fix matches. He worried how the incident would have hit hard on Taylor’s mind as he is a family man now and wanted much more security for the cricketers to report any type of match-fixing approaches without delaying it.
“I am only concerned about the circumstances which forced him, a father of four children fearing for his and his family’s lives, to delay reporting the incident to the International Cricket Council Anti-Corruption Unit. Taylor is a sportsperson and not a hard-nosed criminal whose faculties would support him if six individuals barged into his hotel room with a threat to release a video where he was reportedly consuming a banned substance,” Gambhir added
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