Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan and two other cricketers have been questioned by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s anti-corruption unit for the Pakistan Super League. The other two players were left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar (Quetta Gladiators) and opening batsman Shazaib Hassan (Karachi Kings).
They will continue to play for their respective franchise in the Twenty20 league in the United Arab Emirates, PSL chairman Najam Sethi said on Saturday.
Sethi also said that efforts will continue “to protect the PSL from the menace of corruption.”
On Friday, Islamabad United’s batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif were provisionally suspended and ordered to return home.
The left-arm pacer won’t be allowed to take any part in the second edition of the PSL. It is reported that Irfan was sent back to Pakistan after his mobile was seized by the anti-corruption unit who suspected of his involvement in match-fixing. Sharjeel and Khalid, who were Irfan’s teammates at the Islamabad United, also faced the same treatment.
According to a reports, six players are reportedly involved in fixing and players from Lahore Qalandars and Quetta Gladiators are also being investigated.
After Sharjeel and Khalid’s suspensions, Pakistan Super League chairman Najam Sethi, in a media release, had said: "It would not be appropriate to comment on the specifics of the case, however this investigation is a clear demonstration of our determination to drive corruption out of our sport.
"We will not tolerate any form of corrupt activity and as this investigation proceeds we will not hesitate to take further decisive action as appropriate," he had added.
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