14-year ban for cricketer Mehar Chhayakar on corruption charges

Dubai, Oct 12 (IANS) Mehar Chhayakar, an Indian cricketer formerly based totally in the UAE who turned into linked to corruption cases inside the Middle-east country in 2019, has been banned from all cricket for 14 years for seven breaches of the sport’s anti-corruption code, said the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday.

The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal determined Chhayakar guilty of attempting to persuade factors of the UAE’s ODI collection in Zimbabwe in 2019 as well as fits within the Global T20 franchise match in Canada the same year.

The ICC issued a announcement on Wednesday, saying, “Mehar Chhayakar has been banned from all cricket for 14 years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal observed him guilty of seven breaches of the ICC and Cricket Canada Anti-Corruption Codes.”

ICC also indexed the costs towards the cricketer, with the worldwide cricket governing body pronouncing he became concerned in “solving or contriving in any way or in any other case influencing improperly” on two separate activities.

“Chhayakar, turned into located to have breached the following provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and Cricket Canada Anti-Corruption Code on the subject of suits within the Zimbabwe v UAE collection in April 2019 and fits inside the GT20 in Canada in 2019,” said ICC.

“Article 2.1.1 (on separate activities) — Fixing or contriving in any manner or otherwise influencing improperly or being a party to any agreement or attempt to restore or contrive in any manner or in any other case have an effect on improperly, the result, development, behavior or another aspect of any International Match, together with (with out drawback) by deliberately underperforming therein.

“Article 2.1.4 (on separate events) — Directly or circuitously soliciting, inducing, engaging, educating, persuading, encouraging or deliberately facilitating any Participant to breach any of the foregoing provisions of this Article 2.1.

“Article 2.4.6 (on two separate activities) — Failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperation with any research completed via the ACU in terms of feasible Corrupt Conduct underneath the Anti-Corruption Code (through any Participant), which include (with out problem) failing to offer appropriately and completely any information and/or documentation asked through the ACU (whether or not as a part of a proper Demand pursuant to Article 4.3 or otherwise) as a part of such investigation.

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“Article 2.Four.7 — Obstructing or delaying any research that can be finished by using the ACU in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code (by any Participant), together with (without hindrance) concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or different information that may be relevant to that research and/or that can be evidence of or may additionally lead to the discovery of proof of Corrupt Conduct under the Anti-Corruption Code).”

ICC standard supervisor, Integrity Unit, Alex Marshal, said, “We first encountered Mehar Chhayakar via his involvement in organising a corrupt cricket match in Ajman, in 2018. The costs for which he has now received a prolonged ban are in addition examples of his persevering with efforts to corrupt and damage our sport.

“We will be relentless in pursuing and disrupting the folks that attempt to corrupt cricket. With a ban of 14 years, the Tribunal has sent a clean message to anybody intending to deprave our sport.”

Chhayakar’s offences are linked to the preceding instances of former UAE gamers Qadeer Khan and Gulam Shabbir. Both Qadeer and Shabbir time-honored sanctions for admitted breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code referring to techniques they obtained from Chhayakar.