Gulam Bodi

Gulam Hussain Bodi (born 4 January 1979) is a South African former cricketer who represented his country at the Under-19, Twenty20 and ODI level.

Cricket career Born in India, he played as a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler. Bodi has represented various teams in South African domestic cricket, Transvaal, Easterns, KwaZulu-Natal and The Titans. In June 2007 he played for an African XI in a Twenty20 game against an Asia XI and made his ODI debut in a game against Zimbabwe later in that years.

He was one of the beneficiaries of the selection policy criticized by Kevin Pietersen, forcing him from KwaZulu-Natal. In the 2000–2001 season, Bodi replaced Pietersen and came second in the KwaZulu Natal batting averages with 332 runs at an average of 33.20, and was leading wicket-taker for his side that season with 27 wickets at an average of 25.81.

Corruption In January 2016 he was charged by Cricket South Africa (CSA) under their anti-corruption code for match fixing in the 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge. On 14 January 2016 CSA confirmed that it was Bodi that was at the centre of a possible match fixing scandal, and on 25 January 2016 it was announced that he had been banned from cricket for 20 years. In November 2018, Bodi pleaded guilty to a total of eight charges of corruption, and could face up to fifteen years in prison. In October 2019, he was sentenced to five years in jail on charges of corruption.