Pakistan opening batsman Shahzaib Hasan’s suspension period has been extended from one year to four years for involving in spot-fixing in the 2017 Pakistan Super League (PSL).
After the 2017 PSL spot-fixing has been broken out, Karachi Kings opener Hasan was suspended for one year and also received a fine of 1 million Pakistan rupees ($8,060) in last February after found guilty for violating three clauses of the PCB’s code of conduct.
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Later, Hasan appealed against that decision while Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) requested for a longer ban. Justice (retired) Hamid Farooq has recently put his judgement on the appeal where Hasan’s suspension has been extended for three more years but the fine remained the same amount.
The three charges against Hasan were – luring cricketers into a spot-fixing scam, not reporting approaches made to him by bookmakers, and hiding information regarding his contact with the bookmakers.
The PCB’s legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi told reporters after that judgement, “Our position was Shahzaib Hasan should be banned for more than a year because he had violated three clauses. Today our position was accepted.”
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In this context, total six players faced suspensions by PCB due to involving in the 2017 PSL spot-fixing scandal. Apart from Hasan, the other five cricketers are – Sharjeel Khan (suspended for five years), Khalid Latif (suspended for five years and fined for Pakistan rupees 1 million), Nasir Jamshed (suspended for one year), Mohammad Irfan (suspended for one year and fined for Pakistan rupees 1 million) and Mohammad Nawaz (suspended for two months and fined for Pakistan rupees 200,000).
The 28-year-old Shahzaib Hasan has played 3 ODIs and 10 T20Is for Pakistan since making an international cricket debut in 2009. He was one of the members in Pakistan’s victory in the 2009 ICC World T20 in England. He made his international debut in that tournament (against New Zealand in the Group Stage game) and also featured in the final against Sri Lanka.
