DUBAI (UAE): Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all cricket for two years, with one year suspended, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.
The ban came after Shakib “accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code”, the sport’s governing body said in a statement.
Under the provisions of the Code, Al Hasan chose to admit the charges and agreed the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing.
Subject to him satisfying the conditions in respect of the suspended part of the sanction, he will be free to resume international cricket on 29 October 2020, ICC said.
Shakib faces the following charges
Article 2.4.4 – Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct – in relation to the Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe Tri-Series in January 2018 and / or the 2018 IPL
Article 2.4.4 – He didn’t disclose full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct in relation to a second approach in respect of the Tri-Series in January 2018
Article 2.4.4 – The Bangladesh skipper failed to share full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct while playing in an IPL 2018 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab on April 26, 2018.
