Sreesanth who was accused of spot fixing along with two of his colleagues in the matches held over the week, according to the Delhi Police, had elaborate signals for the bookies that were discussed over phone calls over the months. Just at the time that every one thought of the IPL 2013 is all smooth sailing, three players were known to involve in illicit practices.

Sreesanth's major signal was his towel that was tucked into his pants. In overs that he bowled with the towel tucked in, he would concede more runs and the bookies can bet on the over being expensive. And Duly he gave away over 14 runs in one over with the tucked towel. In the previous over, the towel was not a part of his attire, and hence a visual signal.

His associate Ajit Chandila had a different code, pulling up his shirts for indicating that the over would be fixed. There are phone conversations that confirm this too.

The police claim that over months of investigations they have gathered information on spot-fixing, primarily by intercepting phone conversations. The bookies and players, they say, have codes to indicate which over will be fixed. However, he forgot the code and didn't perform it which upset one bookie who lost money. Allegedly, Ajit was paid Rs 20 lakh in advance.

Ankeet Chavan was given a ridiculous sum of Rs 60 lakhs in advance when he was to give away more than 13 runs in one over.

The issue according to the Delhi police involved only these three miscreants and 11 bookies who were arrested and put in police custody for five days. Other teams were not involved.

(AW- Anil )