PCB charges Sharjeel, Latif in spotfixing scam

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) charged national team batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif under its anticorruption code and gave them 14 days to respond.

The charge sheet was issued after they pleaded not guilty and denied any role in spot-fixing during the PSL. PCB media manager Amjad Hussain Bhatti said: “The board will form a threemember tribunal under a judge to hold proceedings.”

“I get a feeling the ACU head (Colonel Azam) overreacted and made a mistake by sending the players home,” Shoaib Akhtar said on Geo. “If the board’s evidence against the two is so strong that they were suspended, then why are the players pleading not guilty and have decided to fight the case,” he added.