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India will take on New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. As per reports, bets worth up to Rs 5,000 crore have been placed on the final match.
As per sources who are tracking the betting rings, India is the favourite team of international bookies. The sources further revealed that many of the bookies are linked to the underworld and the big bookies from all over the world gather in Dubai during every big match.
Sources further added that Dawood Ibrahim's gang 'D Company' is involved in betting on big cricket matches in Dubai.
As per reports, Delhi Police's Crime Branch has so far arrested as many as five big bookies during the ongoing Champions Trophy. The report further suggested that two bookies- Parveen Kochhar and Sanjay Kumar, were arrested for betting on the India-Australia Champions Trophy semi-final match.
Experts also back India
Both the bookies were caught red-handed while placing live bets using laptops and mobile phones. The police recovered several electronic devices and items used in betting.
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Notably, many experts are also of the opinion that India are the favourites for the final match against New Zealand due to their familiarity with the condition.
Many experts have also criticised ICC for favouring India by allotting them only one venue while the other teams have to travel a lot during the tournament to play in different venues.
