PSL spot-fixing case: PCB bans Shahzaib Hasan for a year

The Pakistan Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Tribunal banned Shahzaib Hasan for 12-months in the Pakistan Super League spot-fixing case. The Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Shahzaib guilty of violating three clauses of PCB’s code of conduct for players and he was also fined rupees one million. Read: Sharjeel Khan’s appeal against ban dismissed Shahzaib, who had played for Pakistan during the team’s 2009 World T20 triumph in England, was issued a charge-sheet suspended in March 2017 after being accused of having a hand in the spot-fixing scandal when he appeared for Karachi Kings in the PSL. The PCB had also suspended and banned Pakistani bowlers, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz for short periods for failing to disclose spot-fixing approaches on time while another Pakistan test batsman, Nasir Jamshed, is also serving a 12-month ban for non-cooperation with the tribunal.