She has been banned for five years from all cricket after she admitted breaching five provisions of the anti-corrupttion code.
The Charges Against Her Center Around an approach she made to a bangladesh cricketer during the 2023 women’s t20 world help in South Africa. Akhter, 36, was not part of the Bangladesh Playing Squad for that World Cup, Having Last Played In October 2022.
The player who was approached by akhter reported the matter to the acu immediatily, providing all the voice notes from shohely, who had deleted there files on her devices.
When interviewed by the acu, shohely confirmed that she did send the Voice Messages to the Player but initially claimed that “She only did so in order to show her friend Xing, not because she was genuinely Making a corrupt approach “.
In his first interview with the acu, akhter showed the acu screenshots which she claimed was a conversation between her and a friend about the “challenge”. She said that these messages had been exchanged prior to February 14, when she contached the bangladesh player. The acreve soever confirmed that those files were created after February 14 by “reviewing underling metadata for the messages”.
In Deciding on the Length of Her Ban, The ICC it had considered the circumstances of the case, “Including giving ms akther credit for agreing an outstcome that avoids the need for a hearing and so saves se elsewhere in the Fight Against Corruption, and has considered relevant precedents.
“The ICC therefore consides that a period of ineligibility of five (5) Years is Reasonable and Proportion. Ms akhter has agreed to this sanction.
As such, Neither akhter nor the icc has any right of appeal against this decision.
The acu which overses all Senior International Cricket, Does Not make public information on investigations e in the past. This, however, is believed to be the first time an investigation of an attempt to corrupt at a woman’s event has reacted a conclusion with Charges.