Offered me ₹40 Lakhs to trap Sachin: Pradeep Magazine recalls chilling encounter with a bookie

A shocking ₹40 lakh offer and a story that shook Indian cricket in 1997. Veteran journalist Pradeep Magazine revisits his 1997 West Indies tour during Sachin Tendulkar’s captaincy, where he claims to have come face-to-face with a bookie who offered him ₹40 lakh and wanted access to top Indian players in return. What followed was a front-page expose, chaos across the cricketing world, and a response from Sachin himself that adds an unexpected twist. In this podcast: 1997 match fixing scandal Gautam Gambhir's ‘star culture’ remark, a swipe at Kohli and Rohit? Suryakumar Yadav's sudden sacking Sourav Ganguly and Jagmohan Dalmiya truth bomb A take on new stars of Indian cricket - Shubman Gill and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi #sachintendulkar #cricket #podcast Follow Hook On Other Platforms: Instagram:   / hooknewsfeed   Facebook:   / hooknewsfeed   Twitter: https://x.com/HookNewsfeed LinkedIn:   / hookonline