US cricketer gets eight-year ban for fixing

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NEW YORK: US international player Akhilesh Reddy has been suspended for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing charges, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.

Reddy was charged in November with breaching three counts of the sport’s anti-corruption code during the ongoing franchise-based Abu Dhabi T10 League, and was provisionally suspended.

Reddy, 26, was found guilty by a tribunal of atte­m­pting to fix or improperly influence matches, trying to get another player to participate in the same activities and deleting data and messages from a mobile device relevant to the investigation.

“The ban is backdated to Nov 21, 2025,” the ICC said in a statement, adding that Reddy’s attempt to influence another player to participate in corrupt activities did not succeed.

Reddy last played for the US in April 2025.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2026

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