The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged eight people, including players, officials and a pair of Indian team owners, Parag Sanghvi and Krishan Kumar Chaudhary, on various charges of corruption during the 2021 edition of the Emirates T10 League. The two Indians co-owned the Pune Devils team and one of their players in that edition, former Bangladesh Test batsman Nasir Hossain, has also been charged with violating the league’s anti-corruption code.
The third Indian to indulge in corrupt activities is a little-known batting coach named Sunny Dhillon.
“The charges relate to the Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League 2021 and attempts to corrupt matches in that tournament – these attempts were disrupted. The ICC was appointed by the ECB as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (DACO) for the purposes of the ECB Code. for this tournament and as such issue these charges on behalf of the ECB,” the ICC said in a statement.
Sanghvi has been charged under Articles 2.2.1 and 2.4.6 of the Anti-Corruption Code.
Article 2.2.1 covers “Placing bets on the results, progress, conduct or other aspects of international and domestic competitions.” According to Article 2.4.6, Sanghvi was guilty of “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation conducted by the DACO in relation to possible corrupt conduct under the Code.” Krishan Kumar was charged under Articles 2.4.5, 2.4.6 and 2.4.7 of the ACU Code.
The clause 2.4.5 accuses him of “failing to disclose (without undue delay) to the DACO any incidents, facts or matters which come to the attention of a participant which may indicate corrupt conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code by another participant.” Dhillon, whose coaching credentials are minimal, has been accused of trying to fix matches and has been charged under Articles 2.1.1, 2.4.4 and 2.4.6.
He is accused of “participating in an attempt to improperly arrange, devise or influence matches or aspects of matches in the Abu Dhabi T10 2021.” He also failed to “disclose to the DACO full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.” Nasir, who played 19 Tests and 65 ODIs for Bangladesh, was guilty of “failing to disclose to the DACO the receipt of a gift valued at more than US$750.” The others suspended include batting coach Azhar Zaidi, UAE domestic players Rizwan Javed and Saliya Saman and team manager Shadab Ahmed.
Six of the accused, including three Indians, have been provisionally suspended and all have 14 days from Tuesday to respond to the charges.
Later in the evening, organizers issued a press release expressing their disappointment and promising a more vigilant attitude for future editions.
“T Ten Sports Management expresses its disappointment over the charges levied against eight participants in the 2021 T10 tournament to be held in the UAE. We take all allegations of this nature seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy for any form of corruption,” the report said. press release.
“We will continue to work closely with the ICC on our calendar of T10 tournaments and do everything in our power to ensure the integrity of cricket is maintained,” the report said.
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