The Pakistan Cricket Board’s anti-corruption tribunal, while announcing its short verdict on Wednesday, awarded batsman Khalid Latif a five-year ban and Rs1 million fine in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing case.
Earlier, sources had told that the tribunal would announce strict punishment for 31-year-old Khalid because he is being considered as one of the main culprits in the case by the Board’s anti-corruption department.
The right-handed top-order batsman was facing six charges including that of persuading three other cricketers — Mohammad Irfan, Shahzaib Hasan and Sharjeel Khan — to get involved in spot-fixing, which surfaced on the opening day of the second Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 tournament held in Dubai earlier this year with the final staged in Lahore.
“Khalid is facing six charges, which is the maximum in number when compared with three other cricketers named in the case. Therefore, [it is likely that] there will be no leniency for him and he will also be fined besides being banned for seven, eight years,” foresees a PCB official.
