The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday banned two United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed for eight years in a spot-fixing case. According to the ICC, both these players had taken about 3 lakh rupees (4083 US dollars) from the Indian bookie in order to fix T20 World Cup qualifying round matches in their country.
The Anti-Corruption Tribunal of the ICC found Hayat and Ashfaq guilty of breaching the code of conduct on 13 September 2020. This ban came into effect from September 13, 2020. Both these cricketers were born in Pakistan. Hayat is a medium pacer while Ashfaq is a batsman.
The ICC said in its charge sheet said that both these cricketers took money from some of India's bookie identified as Mr "Y during the qualifying round. They have been charged on 5 counts. This includes not telling the council about the bookie's approach and deciding the course of the match accordingly. Apart from this, both also took gifts of about 56 thousand rupees.
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the ICC received information in October 2019 that bookies were approaching UAE international cricketers. After this, the unit started an investigation. Both Hayat and Ashfaq have also joined the anti-corruption session of the ICC. Hayan attended 4 and Ashfaq attended 3 sessions.
According to the ICC judgment, "In October 2019, the ICC ACU commenced an investigation into allegations that members of the UAE senior international team may have had dealings with a known corruption network controlled by an Indian man named [Mr Y]."
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