ICC bans Bangladeshi cricketer Shohely for five years on graft charges

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Bangladesh national women’s cricket team member Shohely Akhter from all forms of cricket for five years for breaching provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

According to a press release issued by the ICC on Tuesday, the offspinner was found guilty of attempting to fix, offering a bribe and failing to disclose full details of an approach to the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code (ACU). She was also accused of obstructing the investigation.

Shohaly, who played two ODIs and 13 T20Is, admitted the charges and accepted a sanction of a five-year period of ineligibility starting 10 February 2025.

News portals said she is believed to be the first international women's cricketer to be banned on charges of corruption.