Gulam Bodi

Gulam Hussain Bodi (born 4 January 1979) is an Indian-born South African former cricketer who represented his country at Under-19, Twenty20 and ODI level.

Gulam Bodi
Personal information
Full nameGulam Hussain Bodi
Born (1979-01-04) 4 January 1979
Hathuran, Gujarat, India
NicknameBods
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist-spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 88)22 August 2007 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI26 August 2007 v Zimbabwe
Only T20I (cap 32)16 December 2007 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997Transvaal
1999–2004KwaZulu-Natal
2004–2011Easterns
2004–2010Titans
2011–2013Gauteng
2012–2015Highveld Lions
2012Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 2 1 108 144
Runs scored 83 8 5,001 4,105
Batting average 41.50 8.00 32.47 32.57
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 9/22 6/27
Top score 51 8 160* 153
Balls bowled 6 – 4,097 1,506
Wickets 0 – 61 41
Bowling average – – 43.42 31.92
5 wickets in innings – – 2 1
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 6/63 5/46
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 51/– 35/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 April 2016

Cricket career

He played a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler. Bodi has represented various teams in South African domestic cricket, Transvaal, Easterns, KwaZulu-Natal and The Titans. In June 2007 he played for an African XI in a Twenty20 game against an Asia XI and made his ODI debut in a game against Zimbabwe later in that years.

He was one of the beneficiaries of the selection policy criticized by Kevin Pietersen, forcing him from KwaZulu-Natal.[1] However, Bodi's selection was understandable, given that in the 1999-2000 Supersport series, from four matches Pietersen only averaged 10.75 with the bat, and took 10 wickets at an expensive 37.50, which were not enough to cement his place in the KwaZulu Natal side.[2] In the 2000-2001 season, Bodi replaced Pietersen and came second in the KwaZulu Natal batting averages with 332 runs at an average of 33.20, and was leading wicket-taker for his side that season with 27 wickets at an average of 25.81.[3]

Corruption

In January 2016 he was charged by Cricket South Africa (CSA) under their anti-corruption code for match fixing in the 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge.[4] On 14 January 2016 CSA confirmed that it was Bodi that was at the centre of a possible match fixing scandal,[1] and on 25 January 2016 it was announced that he had been banned from cricket for 20 years.[5] In November 2018, Bodi pleaded guilty to a total of eight charges of corruption, and could face up to fifteen years in prison.[6] In October 2019, he was sentenced to five years in jail on charges of corruption.[7]

References
  1. Areff, Ahmed (14 January 2016). "Gulam Bodi apparently the key figure in cricket match-fixing scandal". Sport24. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/RSA_LOCAL/SSS/STATS/RSA_SSS_AVS_KZN.html
  3. http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/RSA_LOCAL/SSS/STATS/RSA_SSS_AVS_KZN.html
  4. "Former SA cricketer Bodi charged under CSA's anti-corruption code". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. "CSA imposes 20-year ban on Bodi". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. "Former South Africa batsman Gulam Bodi pleads guilty to corruption". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  7. "Gulam Bodi sentenced to five years in prison". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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