: Zimbabwe great Taylor alleges Indian businessman tried to force him to spot-fix matches #IndiaNEWS #Cricket Harare, Jan 24 | Former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batter Brendan Taylor has made explosive claims

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Zimbabwe great Taylor alleges Indian businessman tried to force him to spot-fix matches #IndiaNEWS #Cricket
Harare, Jan 24 | Former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper-batter Brendan Taylor has made explosive claims that an unnamed Indian businessman allegedly tried to force him to spot-fix international games, threatening to make public a video of the cricketer taking cocaine if he did not submit to his command.
The 35-year-old Taylor, who retired from international cricket in September last year, posted a four-page letter on social media on Monday in which he explained how he was conned into flying to India in October 2019 by a businessman on the pretext of discussing sponsorship details and the potential launch of a Twenty20 tournament in Zimbabwe.
Taylor said the circumstances were such that he accepted the offer to fly to India, claiming he was hard-pressed for money as Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) had not paid salaries for six months. Taylor, who is one of Zimbabwes best-known cricketers, added that he was tricked into taking cocaine and a video made, which was later used to blackmail him.
The cricketer said that when he returned home, the stress of what had taken place severely impacted his mental and physical health. He also added that the International Cricket Council (ICC) had made a finding, which it will soon release.
In his statement on twitter, Taylor, who has 6,684 ODI runs from 205 ODIs and is marginally short of Andy Flowers national record of 6,786, said he had been carrying the burden for two years.
Now that has sadly taken me to some very dark places and had a profound effect on my mental health. I would like to make a statement regarding a finding made by the ICC, which is soon to be released. In late October 2019, I was approached by an Indian businessman requesting that I attend India to discuss sponsorships and the potential launch of a T20 competition in Zimbabwe and was advised that I would be paid USD 15,000 to make the journey. I cant deny I was a little wary. But the timing was such that we hadnt been paid for six months by Zimbabwe Cricket and it was questionable whether Zimbabwe would be able to continue playing in the international arena. So I made the journey.
The discussions took place, as he had said, and on our last night in the hotel, the businessman and his colleagues took me for a celebratory dinner. We had drinks and during the course of the evening they openly offered me cocaine, which they themselves engaged in, and I foolishly took the bait. Ive gone over it a million times since and still feel sick to my stomach reliving that night and how they played me, said Taylor.
The following morning, the same men stormed into my hotel room and showed me a video taken of me the night before doing cocaine and told me that if I did not spot fix at international matches for them, the video would be released to the public.

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