Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan banned for two years
Shakib did not inform ICC about an offer from a bookie before an international match
Shakib did not inform ICC about an offer from a bookie before an international match
Shakib did not inform ICC about an offer from a bookie before an international match
Shakib did not inform ICC about an offer from a bookie before an international match
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned from the game for two years, after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
The Bangladesh Test and T20I captain has been handed a full ban for a year and a 12-month suspended sentence.
Two years ago, Shakib received an offer from a bookie before an international match, which he did not report to the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU).
According to one of the country's leading Bengali dailies 'Samakal', "it was on insistence of ICC that Shakib has been kept away from practice by the BCB. That's the reason he neither featured in the practice games nor did he join the meeting late on Monday evening with the president to discuss pink ball Test."
According to the newspaper, Shakib had confessed about it to the ACSU's investigating officers recently.
"I am obviously extremely sad to have been banned from the game I love, but I completely accept my sanction for not reporting the approaches. The ICC ACU is reliant on players to play a central part in the fight against corruption and I didn't do my duty in this instance," Shakib said in a media release of the ICC.
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There has been uncertainty over Shakib's availability for the India assignments after he missed the pre-tour camp, including a practice game, in Mirpur.
The squad is set to leave for India on Wednesday.
In his absence, senior-most player Mushfiqur Rahim might lead the team in Tests while one among Mahmudullah Riyadh and Mosaddek Hosain is set to be the skipper in the three T20 Internationals.
Bangladesh begin their India tour with the three T20Is, starting on November 3, before heading to Indore to kick off their World Test Championship campaign from November 14.
The second Test at Eden Gardens begins from November 22.
Shakib recently spearheaded a players' strike before calling it off after the BCB assured that their demands, including a pay hike, will be fulfilled.
(With PTI inputs)