One of the most shocking controversies involving Zimbabwean cricket and Indian bookmakers erupted when former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor revealed he had been blackmailed into accepting money for spot-fixing.
In October 2019, Taylor travelled to India after being invited by a businessman to discuss potential sponsorship opportunities and the launch of a new T20 league in Zimbabwe. During a dinner with the businessman and his associates, Taylor was offered alcohol and cocaine. The following morning, the men stormed his hotel room with covertly recorded video footage of him using drugs, threatening to release the recording publicly unless he agreed to spot-fix during international matches.
Fearing for his personal safety, Taylor accepted a $15,000 deposit, though he insisted he had never actually engaged in any match-fixing. However, he delayed reporting the corrupt approach and extortion attempt to the International Cricket Council for four months.
Following an anti-corruption investigation, the International Cricket Council handed Taylor a three-and-a-half-year ban from all cricket activities for failing to report the approach promptly and for an anti-doping violation.
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