After having placed guilty of violating the anti-corruption code, the International Cricket Council (ICC) imposed a two-year ban on Deepak Agarwal, one of the owners of the T10 League franchise team. Furthermore, he was given a six-month penalty withholding the total ban on substantial ACU assistance.
After two years of ban from the ICC for violating the Anit-Corruption Code, the T10 owner team name emerged from Shakib al-Hasan. Deepak Agarwal is not a popular name in cricket. To obtain some betting information from the former Captain of Bangladesh, it approached Shakib a couple of times.
Agarwal accused of destroying the evidence
The ICC has shown that Agarwal has accused of destruction of evidence. Deepak Agarwal also urges other participants to delete all the messages shared between them.
“In other words, Mr. Agarwal ordered Mr. X to hide and/or destroy information that might be relevant for the investigations of the ACU. Mr. Agarwal also ordered Mr. X to lie to the ACU when he spoke with Mr. Agarwal for the last time, as he had conversations when the ACU had expressly told Mr. Agarwal not to engage with Mr. X, “ICC said.
The general manager of the ICC, Alex Marshall, told the Sindhi team owner had tried a lot to delay the investigation. “There were several examples of Agarwal obstructing and delaying the investigation, but this wasn’t only a one-off event.”
However, he admitted that he had violated the Anit-Corruption Code. In addition, ACU has provided some quality assistance in the context of a number of investigations related to this matter. And all this cooperation is well reflected in Alex Marshall’s sanction.
“However, he has promptly admitted that he has violated the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and continues to provide substantial assistance to the ACU in connection with several investigations involving other participants. This cooperation reflected in his sanction, “he added.
