The International Cricket Council revealed on Monday that its anti-corruption unit was probing an international team ahead of the World Twenty20 in India, but ruled out any match-fixing angle to its investigation. Though the ICC did not name the team in question, the statement provided by them hinted that it was Hong Kong.

"In recent times you would have read in the media that a particular player was suspended from his country and the investigations relate to the same team," said Dave Richardson, the chief executive of the ICC, reported Reuters. This followed a statement from the head of ICC's anti-corruption unit Ronnie Flanagan, who announced on Sunday that it had prevented a spot-fixing incident involving members of an international team.

In January, Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed had been suspended for failing to disclose being approached by an individual for spot-fixing. Richardson added he was "very confident" that the upcoming World Twenty20 would be clean. Hong Kong play their first game in the tournament on Tuesday against Zimbabwe.