Shakib Al Hasan has been suspended from all forms of cricket for two years for failing to report approaches from bookies on numerous occasions. The International Cricket Council confirmed the news on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Test and T20 captain accepted all three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption code. He is guilty for breaching following codes,
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 Failure to disclose to the ACU 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 Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct – in relation to an IPL 2018 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab on 26 April 2018.
Shakib, under the provisions of Code, chose to admit the charges and he agreed the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing. He said, “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.”
He further added, “Like the majority of players and fans around the world, I want cricket to be a corruption free sport and I am looking forward to working with the ICC ACU team to support their education programme and ensure young players don’t make the same mistake I did,” Shakib said after accepting the ban.
Shakib who named captain for the upcoming T20I series against India, will be free to resume international cricket on 29 October 2020.