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Bangladesh Player Banned After Attempt To Fix During T20 World Cup
Follow UsThe spinner last played for Bangladesh in 2022
The ICC has banned Bangladesh spinner Shohely Akhter for five years for breaching their Anti-Corruption code, the ICC announced on February 11 (Tuesday). The 36-year-old cannot participate in cricket-related activities for five years, starting February 10, 2025.
She has been banned for not reporting corrupt approaches during the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup, which was hosted by South Africa. Shohely was part of the squad but did not get a game.
She admitted to breaching the following provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
Article 2.1.1: Fixing or contriving in any way or otherwise influencing improperly or being a party to any agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any International Match, including (without limitation) by deliberately underperforming therein.
Article 2.1.3: Seeking, accepting, offering or agreeing to accept any bribe or other Reward to (a) fix or to contrive in any way or otherwise to influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any International Match or (b) to ensure for Betting or other corrupt purposes the occurrence of a particular incident in an International Match.
Article 2.1.4: Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach any of the foregoing provisions of this Article 2.1.
Article 2.4.4: Failing to disclose to the ACU (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approaches or invitations received by the Participant to engage in Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.
Article 2.4.7: Obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code (by any Participant), including (without limitation) concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or may lead to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code.
Overall, she has played two ODIs and 13 T20Is for Bangladesh since making her debut in 2013.