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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|South African cricketer (born 1979)}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Gulam Bodi<br />
| image = GulamBodi.jpg<br />
| country = South Africa<br />
| full_name = Gulam Hussain Bodi<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|1|4|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hathuran]], [[Gujarat]], India<br />
| nickname = Bods<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Left-handed<br />
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm wrist-spin]]<br />
| role = Batsman<br />
| international = true<br />
| internationalspan = 2007<br />
| odidebutdate = 22 August<br />
| odidebutyear = 2007<br />
| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe<br />
| odicap = 88<br />
| lastodidate = 26 August<br />
| lastodiyear = 2007<br />
| lastodiagainst = Zimbabwe<br />
| odishirt = <br />
| oneT20I = true<br />
| T20Idebutdate = 16 December<br />
| T20Idebutyear = 2007<br />
| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies<br />
| T20Icap = 32<br />
| T20Ishirt = <br />
| club1 = [[Gauteng cricket team|Transvaal]]<br />
| year1 = 1997<br />
| club2 = [[KwaZulu-Natal cricket team|KwaZulu-Natal]]<br />
| year2 = 1999–2004<br />
| club3 = [[Easterns cricket team|Easterns]]<br />
| year3 = 2004–2011<br />
| club4 = [[Titans (cricket team)|Titans]]<br />
| year4 = 2004–2010<br />
| club5 = [[Gauteng cricket team|Gauteng]]<br />
| year5 = 2011–2013<br />
| club6 = [[Highveld Lions]]<br />
| year6 = 2012–2015<br />
| columns = 4<br />
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODI]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 83<br />
| bat avg1 = 41.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 51<br />
| deliveries1 = 6<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–<br />
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]<br />
| matches2 = 1<br />
| runs2 = 8<br />
| bat avg2 = 8.00<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0<br />
| top score2 = 8<br />
| deliveries2 = –<br />
| wickets2 = –<br />
| bowl avg2 = –<br />
| fivefor2 = –<br />
| tenfor2 = –<br />
| best bowling2 = –<br />
| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–<br />
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches3 = 108<br />
| runs3 = 5,001<br />
| bat avg3 = 32.47<br />
| 100s/50s3 = 9/22<br />
| top score3 = 160[[Not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries3 = 4,097<br />
| wickets3 = 61<br />
| bowl avg3 = 43.42<br />
| fivefor3 = 2<br />
| tenfor3 = 0<br />
| best bowling3 = 6/63<br />
| catches/stumpings3 = 51/–<br />
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]<br />
| matches4 = 144<br />
| runs4 = 4,105<br />
| bat avg4 = 32.57<br />
| 100s/50s4 = 6/27<br />
| top score4 = 153<br />
| deliveries4 = 1,506<br />
| wickets4 = 41<br />
| bowl avg4 = 31.92<br />
| fivefor4 = 1<br />
| tenfor4 = 0<br />
| best bowling4 = 5/46<br />
| catches/stumpings4 = 35/–<br />
| date = 8 April<br />
| year = 2016<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6306/6306.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
'''Gulam Hussain Bodi''' (born 4 January 1979) is a South African former [[cricket]]er who represented his country at the Under-19, Twenty20 and ODI level.<br />
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==Cricket career==<br />
Born in India, he played as a left-handed batsman and [[slow left-arm wrist-spin]] bowler. Bodi has represented various teams in South African domestic cricket, Transvaal, [[Easterns cricket team|Easterns]], [[KwaZulu Natal cricket team|KwaZulu-Natal]] and [[Titans cricket team|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.<br />
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He was one of the beneficiaries of the selection policy criticized by [[Kevin Pietersen]], forcing him from KwaZulu-Natal.<ref name=SZA /> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/RSA_LOCAL/SSS/STATS/RSA_SSS_AVS_KZN.html | title=1999–2000 SuperSport Series Averages }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2000-01/RSA_LOCAL/SSS/STATS/RSA_SSS_AVS_KZN.html | title=2000–01 SuperSport Series Averages }}</ref><br />
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==Corruption==<br />
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]].<ref name="CSA">{{cite news |title=Former SA cricketer Bodi charged under CSA's anti-corruption code |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/962053.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=14 January 2016 |access-date=14 January 2016 }}</ref> On 14 January 2016 CSA confirmed that it was Bodi that was at the centre of a possible match fixing scandal,<ref name=SZA>{{cite news|url=http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/gulam-bodi-apparently-the-key-figure-in-cricket-match-fixing-scandal-report-20160114|title=Gulam Bodi apparently the key figure in cricket match-fixing scandal|last=Areff|first=Ahmed|date=14 January 2016|work=[[News24 (website)|Sport24]]|access-date=14 January 2016}}</ref> and on 25 January 2016 it was announced that he had been banned from cricket for 20 years.<ref name="20years">{{cite news |title=CSA imposes 20-year ban on Bodi |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/965455.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=25 January 2016 }}</ref> In November 2018, Bodi pleaded guilty to a total of eight charges of corruption, and could face up to fifteen years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25173450/former-south-africa-batsman-gulam-bodi-pleads-guilty-corruption |title=Former South Africa batsman Gulam Bodi pleads guilty to corruption |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> In October 2019, he was sentenced to five years in jail on charges of corruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27871279/gulam-bodi-sentenced-five-years-prison |title=Gulam Bodi sentenced to five years in prison |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{South Africa Squad 2007 World Twenty20}}<br />
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[[Category:1979 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Titans cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Lions cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Easterns cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Gauteng cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:South African cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:South Africa One Day International cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century South African sportsmen]]<br />
[[Category:South African expatriate cricketers in India]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers banned for corruption]]<br />
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