RAWALPINDI: The anti-corruption unit of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hauled up a young man on Thursday for allegedly involvement in corrupt practices during the second Test between Pakistan and South Africa here at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

According to reliable sources, the man presumably in his early 20s, was being monitored by the authorities for a while but on the first day of this match they found him behaving in a suspected manner.

The sources confirmed to Dawn the man under investigation — who had been granted accreditation by the PCB for the Rawalpindi Test under the ceiling of ‘service provider’ — had confessed to providing match information to his link in Dubai before the actual position of play in the Test seconds before the action was relayed to the TV viewers by the broadcasters and streamed live by the PCB-owned YouTube channel.

Moreover, the PCB sleuths from anti-corruption unit found several mobile phones after a thorough body search of the suspect, who has been reportedly in contact with the UAE-based bookmakers.

The sources further said the suspect had been now handed over to the intelligence agencies for further action.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2021