Bookie arrested is former Royals player

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ESPNCricinfo: One of the bookies arrested, and named as Amit Kumar, is actually Amit Singh, a former Rajasthan Royals player who was released by the franchise last year.

Singh, a fast bowler who played in several matches in the 2012 season, was picked up for questioning five days ago, but was formally arrested on Thursday in connection with the spot-fixing case that also allegedly involves three current Royals players. Singh (31) has been identified in the First Information Report (FIR) as ‘Amit Kumar r/o Ahmedabad, Gujarat’. Neither the Police nor the BCCI nor the franchise seems to have realised Singh’s status possibly because of the confusion over his name. Singh, who resides in the Bopal suburb of Ahmedabad, played 23 IPL games for the Royals between 2009 and 2012. He was also part of the Gujarat Ranji Trophy team in the 2012 - 2013 season, last playing against Saurashtra. He’d been in the news for having been reported twice for a suspect action during the 2009 IPL.