Cricket
is
not
just
a
game
for
Indians.
It's
an
emotion,
a
religion.
Passion
takes
on
the
next
level
when
it
comes
to
cricket
in
India,
where
cricketers
are
considered
demi-gods.
This
is
the
reason
why
in
the
90s,
cricket
fans
all
over
the
nation
were
shocked
by
the
news
of
match-fixing
entering
the
gentlemen's
game.
This
1
hour
17
minutes
long
documentary
puts
before
us
those
very
uncomforting
memories
of
the
times
when
even
some
of
the
well-known
names
of
this
game
had
come
under
suspicion.
So
it
goes
back
to
the
year
1997
when
former
cricketer
Manoj
Prabhakar
made
allegations
on
Kapil
Dev
of
offering
him
25
lakh
rupees
to
underperform
in
the
game.
He
told
that
Kapil
was
continuously
in
contact
with
a
bookie.
And
then
the
whole
matter
went
on
to
grow
bigger
and
bigger,
taking
Mohammad
Azaharuddin
into
its
ambit.
With
a
lineup
of
some
senior
journalists
and
officers
of
the
CBI,
this
cricket
scandal
is
re-revealed
before
the
audience.
Anirudh
Bahl,
the
journalist
from
Outlook,
told
how
betting
caught
his
attention.
While
going
to
cover
the
matches,
he
could
see
the
other
journalists
constantly
getting
some
important
information
from
the
bookies.
It
was
from
here
only
that
Aniruddh
decided
to
dig
deeper.
As
the
story
moves
ahead,
many
sensational
revelations
are
made.
The
scandal
of
Hansie
Cronje
took
the
whole
matter
in
a
new
direction.
Also
the
confession
of
the
bookie
MK
Gupta,
Prabhakar's
claim
regarding
Kapil
Dev,
and
the
arrest
of
the
then
star
cricketer
Mohd.
Azharuddin
in
this
case
by
the
CBI,
are
some
of
the
key
highlights
covered
in
this
documentary.
It
is
interesting
to
see
the
various
individual
experiences
being
shared
by
many
journalists
and
CBI
officers.
At
the
same
time,
a
few
famous
sting
operations
have
also
been
shown,
revealing
the
nexus
of
the
players
with
the
bookies.
The
journalists
told
how
the
cameras
and
other
equipment
were
brought
by
them
from
London
especially
for
the
purpose
of
the
sting
operations,
as
the
same
was
not
yet
available
in
India
at
that
time.
However
exciting
this
whole
incident
might
appear
to
be,
it
isn't
new
for
cricket
fans.
The
documentary
tries
to
bring
forward
some
new
perspectives,
such
as
the
network
of
the
bookies,
connections
to
the
underworld,
helplessness
of
the
cricketers
etc.,
but
it
all
moves
ahead
very
slowly.
The
documentary
lacks
pace.
Regardless
of
all,
the
editing
has
been
done
well.
All
the
tracks
have
been
well-spun
with
some
real
footage
of
that
time,
making
the
whole
watch
interesting.
It
really
hits
one
hard
at
the
end
when
a
CBI
officer
tells
that
even
though
betting
is
illegal
in
India,
match-fixing
is
not
yet
a
crime
in
our
country.
Today
when
match-fixing
is
not
so
common
anywhere
around
the
world,
'Caught
Out'
informs
us
about
how
the
dirt
was
cleaned
out.
The
documentary
makes
it
at
least
a
one-time
watch,
regardless
of
whether
one
is
a
cricket
lover
or
not.
Originally
made
in
English,
'Caught
Out
-
Crime,
Corruption,
Cricket'
is
also
available
in
Hindi,
Tamil,
and
Telugu
dubbings,
and
the
same
is
streaming
on
Netflix
since
17
March.