Suspended Pakistani cricketers Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif have told anti-corruption units of the International Cricket Council and the Pakistan Cricket Board that according to suspected bookmaker Yousuf Anwar four Pakistani players were working with him to spot fix matches during the PSL, PTI reported.
In statements given to the ICC and the PCB officials in Dubai, Khalid told them that Yousuf and an unnamed foreigner had spoken about four other players being involved with them in the spot-fixing racket, the report stated.
“The players were asked by the ACU officials which other players were involved in the racket. Khalid and Sharjeel told them they didn’t know anything about other players. But when pressed Khalid told them that the bookmaker and foreigner had claimed to be in touch with four other players which didn’t include Muhammad Irfan or Shahzaib Hasan,” one source was quoted as saying.
Both players have denied the charges of accepting any offer but have admitted they faltered by not reporting any approaches made to them by Yousuf Anwar and the foreigner when they met them.
Sharjeel and Khalid had been suspended in February under its Anti-Corruption Code.
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