New Delhi: Bangladesh batsman and former captain Mohammad Ashraful has admitted to fixing and apologised for it after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) suspended him until ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) submits its report on investigations into fixing during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
"I should have not done this injustice to the nation. I feel guilty. I would only say 'Please all forgive me, my conduct was improper'," he told a TV channel. "I felt that I have done an injustice, so I have told them [the ACSU team] the truth at the first chance. I tried to help the ICC as much as I could for the welfare of our cricket," Ashraful said. "You all know me, I have been playing international cricket for 12 years. I did not tell them a single lie," he added.
Responding to Ashraful's admission, BCB president Nazmu Hassan said, "As Ashraful has confessed his involvement in fixing to the ACSU team, so he should not be allowed to play any level of cricket until we get a full report of the investigation," he told reporters. "This [suspension] is not punishment; this is a temporary measure until we get the full [ICC] report. We have to take exemplary punishment for such acts, otherwise cricket in Bangladesh will be doomed," he said.
The fixing incident involves a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings during the second edition of the BPL, BCB spokesman Jalal Yunus said. Local
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