ICC charges eight including three Indians for corrupt activities during Emirates T10 league
ICC) has charged eight people including players, officials and a couple of Indian team owners, Parag Sanghvi and Krishan Kumar Chaudhary on different counts of corruption during the 2021 edition of Emirates T10 League.
The two Indians were co-owners of the team Pune Devils and one of their players in that edition, former Bangladesh Test batter Nasir Hossain has also been charged for breach of league's anti-corruption code.
The third Indian, who is indulged in corrupt activities, is a little-known batting coach named Sunny Dhillon.
«The charges relate to the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League 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's Code for this tournament and as such are issuing these charges on the ECB's behalf,» ICC said in a statement.
Sanghvi has been charged under Articles 2.2.1 and 2.4.6 of the Anti-Corruption code.
The Article 2.2.1 pertains to «Placing bets on the results, progress, conduct or other aspect of International and Domestic Matches.»
As per Article 2.4.6, Sanghvi was guilty of «Failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out 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 2.4.5 clause charges him for «Failing to disclose to the DACO (without unnecessary delay) full details of any incident, fact, or matter that comes to the attention of a Participant that may evidence Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code by another Participant.»
Dhillon, whose coaching credentials are bare minimal,
