Pace bowler Mohammed Shami is a relieved man ever since the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India gave a clean chit to him in its report. Former Delhi Police chief and head of the ACU Neeraj Kumar submitted a confidential report to the Committee of Administrators, post which the CoA cleared the beleaguered bowler of allegations of match-fixing.
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Apart from Shami, Alishba, a Pakistani national based in Dubai whom Shami's wife accused of being a “honey-trap”, has also been cleared by the ACU. According to the information available with THE WEEK, the report clearly states that “Alishba is not a honey-trap. She was a fan who managed to get in touch with Shami and then they became friends.” One of the allegations of Jahan was that Alishba had given money to Shami. She had, reportedly, also found the duo exchanging messages over the phone. The ACU had spoken to Alishba over phone in Dubai.
Jahan also accused a Mohammed Bhai based in United Kingdom of having paid Shami some money on his way back from South Africa. A reliable source told THE WEEK that “Mohammed is known not just to Shami but many other players in the Indian team”.
“His name does not come on the ACU database as a suspicious person with links to bookies. A thorough check was done on him in the database available and he appears clean.”
While Shami's 'B' category contract was restored by the CoA, which had decided to withhold it when the controversy arose, the matter now is about domestic issues between Shami and his wife, who, reportedly, backtracked on the match-fixing allegation when confronted by the ACU officials in Kolkata.