Dhaka (Bangladesh) | Jagran Sports Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the WhatsApp chat of Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, who on Tuesday, was handed a two-year suspension for failing to report three corrupt approaches, including one at the IPL, by a suspected Indian bookie.
“On 19 January 2018, he received a WhatsApp message from Mr Aggarwal congratulating him for being named man of the match in that day's game. Mr Aggarwal followed this message with a message saying 'do we work in this or I wait till the IPL',” said the ICC in its seven page report.
“The reference to 'work' in this message was a reference to him providing Inside Information to Mr Aggarwal. He did not report this contact from Mr Aggarwal to the ACU or any other anti-corruption authority,” the report further said.
The ICC also said that the 32-year-old all rounder also received a message on January 23, 2018 from Aggarwal asking him "Bro anything in this series?"
Shakib confirmed that the message was about providing Aggarwal information about the ongoing Tri-Series. He did not report this to the ACU or any other anti-corruption authority after which the ICC handed him a two-year ban for failing to report the corrupt approaches.
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Meanwhile, Shakib has also stepped down from the World Cricket Committee of the MCC -- the custodians of the game's laws.
"...Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) can today confirm that Al Hasan has stepped down from his involvement with the MCC World Cricket committee," the club stated in a press release.