National T20 Cup under attack by bookies, contacts a player

Pakistan cricket has been under the attack of bookies once and during the National T20 Cup, the alleged bookie contacted a player.

In a statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board, it was confirmed that during the ongoing National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi, a player was contacted by an alleged bookie and upon reporting by the player, the anti-corruption unit of the PCB completed the initial investigation. The matter has been handed over to the FIA.

Director of Anti-Corruption and Security of PCB, Colonel Retired Asif Mehmood, commended the timely reporting process by the player after being approached by the bookie, saying that he had followed the anti-corruption code. Thank the player for reporting the contact attempt.

He said that this is a clear example of the lectures given by us to the players on anti-corruption and then the players being fully aware of their responsibilities under this code. Reflects players’ confidence in CBK’s anti-corruption unit.

Colonel Retired Asif Mehmood further said that following the tip-off, Anti-Corruption Unit of PCB obtained some sensitive information during its investigation and this information has been handed over to FIA for further investigation in this regard.

Refusing to comment further, he said that the investigation is ongoing, but Pakistan, as a responsible member, will continue to inform the International Cricket Council about the matter.

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PCB director anti-corruption and security said that we all know that the game is threatened by some corrupt elements and these elements try to attract the players for their personal gains, but if the players do not meet these corrupt elements. If we report about it, we can collectively defeat these elements.

It should be noted that Pakistan is the country most affected by corruption, match-fixing and spot-fixing at the local and international level.

During the 90s, corruption and match-fixing scandals in Pakistan cricket were loudest and then the Justice Qayyum Commission banned a few players for life and fined many.

However, the most infamous Pakistan cricket happened in 2010 in England, the home of cricket, when the spot-fixing of three players, including the captain, caused a huge injury to Pakistan cricket.

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The then national team captain Salman Butt, fast bowler Mohammad Asif and teenager Mohd Amir were accused of spot-fixing and later all three pleaded guilty to the crime, which resulted in them being sent to jail and less At least five, five years of punishment had to be served.

After that, Danish Kaneria was also banned for corruption charges, but for many years, no corruption scandal regarding the national team came to light, but after the first match of the second edition of the Pakistan Super League, spot-fixing was once again reported. Out of the bottle.

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On this occasion, the names of opener Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan and Shahzeb Hasan as well as Nasir Jamshed also came to the fore.

Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were banned for five years each, while Mohammad Irfan pleaded guilty to violating the PCB’s anti-corruption code, after which he was banned for one year from playing all forms of cricket. was imposed.

The PCB had also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Irfan and said that the fast bowler’s punishment can be reduced to 6 months if the discipline improves.

Nasir Jamshed was also arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency along with a bookie named Yousuf for allegedly playing the role of facilitator in the spot-fixing case and was later sentenced to 17 months in prison.

Apart from this, the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Tribunal had imposed a 10-year ban on Nasir Jamshed in the spot-fixing case.

Prior to the start of the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League this year, Umar Akmal was suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board for violating anti-corruption laws and was later sentenced to three years, which has now been reduced to 18 months.