PSL Spot Fixer Sharjeel Khan Banned For Five Years

Opener Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years from playing all forms of cricket for his role in spot fixing which rocked the Pakistan Super League earlier this year in United Arab Emirates

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Aug, 2017 ) : Opener Sharjeel Khan has been banned for five years from playing all forms of cricket for his role in spot fixing which rocked the Pakistan Super League earlier this year in United Arab Emirates.

Sharjeel has been found guilty for his part in the spot fixing for playing two dot balls while he was representing Islamabad United in the opening match of the PSL. He has been handed over the punishment on account of five major charges of breaches of Pakistan Cricket board's anticorruption code.

PCB's tribunal which probed and investigated into the matter found Sharjeel guilty of all the five charges.

According to details released by PCB regarding the verdict of his case here on Wednesday, the ban on the disgraced batsman will be effective from February 10, 2017 when he was suspended for his involvement in the spot fixing.

Sharjeel was sent home after he was found involved in the spot fixing along with other cricketers. PCB's lawyer Taffazaal Rizvi told APP that the five charges framed against the batsman were thoroughly probed by the tribunal which sentenced Sharjeel to minimum as his potential ban could have been more and even for life.

Sharjeel lawyer, Shigan Ijaz said they will appeal against the ban.