Sethi confirms player approached by individual, says matter sent to ICC

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi on Saturday affirmed that a national cooperative person was drawn closer by a person with a match-settling offer, yet it was quickly answered to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) hostile to debasement unit, DawnNews announced.

"A player was drawn nearer," Sethi said on Twitter. "According to rules he promptly answered to PCB who educated ICC. Matters are together close by. No further remark."

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A player was drawn closer. According to rules he instantly answered to PCB who educated ICC. Matters are together close by. No further remark.


Sethi did not name the player; be that as it may, Pakistani media and sources in the PCB have said that the player drew closer by the bookie was captain Sarfraz Ahmed and the approach was made on October 17, preceding the third one-day worldwide in Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan lead the five-coordinate ODI arrangement against Sri Lanka 4-0 after a pounding seven-wicket win in Sharjah on Friday. The last match additionally happens in Sharjah on Monday.

Sources said Sarfraz had instantly announced the issue to PCB's Anti-Corruption Unit, who thusly educated the ICC.

Under the counter debasement code, a player must report a settling offer. An inability to do as such can bring about a boycott of at least a half year. The most extreme discipline is an existence boycott.

Under ICC runs, a player is met by its hostile to debasement unit to additionally research the issue, however the overseeing body does not make any remark on a continuous examination.

Pakistan cricket got a shock in February when two of its players — Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif — were gotten in a spot-settling outrage which shook the Pakistan Super League held in the United Arab Emirates.

Sharjeel was prohibited for a long time (over two years of which were suspended) while Khalid was restricted for a long time and fined Rs1m.

The two played for Islamabad United and were blamed for masterminding two speck balls as an end-result of cash in the opening match of the class.

Pacer Mohammad Irfan, likewise named in the embarrassment, was restricted for a year, a half year of which were suspended, and fined Rs1m while turning all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz was prohibited for two months (one suspended) and fined Rs200,000 for neglecting to report settling offers at different stages.

Pakistan has a background marked by settling related occurrences with three of their best players — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — restricted for a long time in a spot-settling outrage on group's voyage through England in 2010.

A prior legal request on settling finished in life bans on Salim Malik and Ataur Rehman and fines on six players Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saeed Anwar and Akram Raza in 2000.

Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is serving an existence boycott in a 2010 spot-settling case in a region coordinate in England.