Dhaka: With
cricket world already reeling under spot-fixing scandal that rocked the
cash-rich Indian Premier League, another sorry revelation can lend a
decisive blow to the trust fans place on the game and its practitioners.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday banned former captain
Mohammad Ashraful over charges of fixing games in Bangladesh Premier
League (BPL). Ashraful confessed before ICC’s Anti Corruption and
Security Unit (ACSU).
ACSU, over the past few days, was probing fixing allegations in
BPL. Ashraful’s name had emerged during the initial investigations.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan said, “As Ashraful has confessed his
involvement in fixing to the ACSU team, so he should not be allowed to
play any level of cricket until we get a full report of the
investigation.”
BCB’s spokesperson
Jalal Yunus has confirmed that fixing took place in the BPL match
between Dhaka Gladiators- a team that Ashraful hitherto commanded –and
Chittigong Kings.
“The allegations involve a match between Dhaka Gladiators and Chittagong Kings in the second edition of the BPL,” Yunus said.
According to local
media reports, Mohammad Ashraful was paid 10 lakh taka (Rs. 7, 22,000)
to fix the game between Dhaka Gladiators and Chittagong Kings.
In a rather bizarre development, the cheque sent to Ashraful for his indiscretion, bounced.
Not one to be disheartened, Ashraful, fixed another game in BPL, barely ten days after the first cheque bounced.
The game being referred to was played between Dhaka Gladiators and Barisal Burners.
Ashraful shot into limelight in 2001, scoring a century on Test debut and becoming the then youngest Test centurion.
One of Bangladesh's most experienced cricketers, Ashraful played 61
Tests and captained the national side in 13 Test matches, 38 ODIs and
11 T20Is between 2007 and 2009. During a career which extended from 2001
to 2013, he scored 2,737 runs in Test matches at an average of 24.
He has also played 177 ODIs and scored 3,468 runs at an average of 22.23.
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