• ICC bans Bangladesh captain

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    The International Cricket Council has banned Bangladesh Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan for breaching the anti-corruption code.

    Al Hasan, who effectively failed to report an approach from a bookmaker, has been suspended from international cricket for two years with one year of the sentence suspended.

    He has been charged with the following:

    • 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 T20I 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 the Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab match in IPL 2018 on April 26, 2018.

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    ‘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 is reliant on players to play a central part in the fight against corruption and I didn’t do my duty in this instance,’ said Al Hasan.

    ‘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 team to support their education programme and ensure young players don’t make the same mistake I did.’

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