KABUL: Afghanistan’s cricket board said on Wednesday it had banned former top-order international batter Ihsanullah Janat for five years after he admitted to “corrupt activities” in a domestic league.
Three other unidentified players were also under investigation over match-fixing, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said.
Janat, 26, the younger brother of former Afghan skipper and selector Nawroz Mangal, was regarded as a talented player with three Tests, 16 One-day Internationals and one Twenty20 International under his belt.
“Janat has been banned from all forms of cricketing activities for five years following breaches of the ACB and the ICC [International Cricket Council] Anti-Corruption Codes during the second edition of the Kabul Premier League 2024,” the ACB said in a statement.
“Janat has admitted to the charges and confessed to his involvement in corrupt activities.”
The ban on Janat takes effect immediately, the ACB said.
Published in Dawn, August 8th, 2024
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