2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal

The 2017 Pakistan Super League spot-fixing scandal arose in February 2017 when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suspended several cricketers under its anti-corruption code in an ongoing investigation on spot-fixing, backed by International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, during the 2017 Pakistan Super League.[1] The six cricketers that were suspended by the PCB are: Sharjeel Khan (on 10 February), Khalid Latif (on 10 February), Nasir Jamshed (on 13 February), Mohammad Irfan (on 14 March), Shahzaib Hasan (on 17 March) and Mohammad Nawaz (16 May).

In March 2017, the PCB banned Irfan for one year from all forms of the game after he pleaded guilty to the charges. After several months of hearing, in August 2017, Sharjeel was found guilty of five counts of the charges and banned for five years from all forms of cricket. Latif was banned for five years in September 2017, being found guilty of six counts of the charges. Jamshed and Shahzaib were each handed a one-year ban in December 2017 and February 2018 respectively. In August 2018, Shahzaib's ban was extended to 4 years and Jamshed received a 10-year ban from all forms of cricket.

  1. ^ Farooq, Umar (10 February 2017). "Sharjeel, Latif provisionally suspended by PCB". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2017.