Player charged in fixing scandal named

Former Proteas player Gulam Bodi has been revealed as the 'intermediary' cricketer at the centre of a match-fixing scandal in South Africa's domestic Twenty20 competition.

Bodi has been charged with contriving to fix, or otherwise improperly influence aspects of the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge Series under Cricket South Africa's Anti-Corruption Code.

Bodi played for South Africa in 2007 in two one-day internationals against Zimbabwe and a Twenty20 international against the West Indies.

The 37-year-old left-hand top order batsman was born in India but emigrated to South Africa as a teenager, representing the Proteas in an Under-19 World Cup.

He did not feature in the Twenty20 tournament the charges relate to, having last played domestic cricket in January 2015 for the Highveld Lions.

"Following our investigations and due process, we have reached a point where we can confirm that Mr Bodi is the intermediary who was charged by CSA in early December 2015 under the CSA Anti-Corruption Code," said CSA Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat.

"Mr Bodi is presently co-operating with the CSA Anti-Corruption officials. We now await his response to the charges and the matter will take its course in accordance with the process outlined in the Code."

Bodi has been provisionally suspended, and may not be involved in any capacity in any match or any other kind of function, event or activity (other than authorised anti-corruption education or rehabilitation programs) that is authorised, organised, sanctioned, recognised or supported in any way by CSA, the ICC, a National Cricket Federation or any member of a National Cricket Federation.

Bodi was first named by Afrikaans news outlet Netwerk24, before the official confirmation came from CSA.

Bodi was quoted as saying "No, absolutely no comment, sorry" by the outlet.