SHAKIB’S CHATS WITH SUSPECTED BOOKIE
Following is the timeline of the conversations between Shakib Al Hasan and suspected Indian bookie Deepak Aggarwal that was released by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Shakib has been banned for two years, one year suspended, for failing to report these approaches.
Shakib was selected as part of the team participating in a tri-series between Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. During the series, he and Aggarwal engaged in further WhatsApp conversations.
He received a WhatsApp message from Aggarwal congratulating him for being named Man-of-the-Match in that day’s game. Aggarwal followed this with a message saying “do we work in this or I wait till the IPL (Indian Premier League)”.
The reference to “work” in this message was a linked to him providing inside Information to Aggarwal.
He did not report this contact from Aggarwal to the Ant-Corruption Unit (ACU) or any other authority.
Shakib received another WhatsApp message from Aggarwal in which the Indian bookie made another approach to him to provide inside information, saying, “Bro anything in this series?”
He confirmed that this message related to Aggarwal’s request was for him to provide Aggarwal with inside information in relation to the ongoing tri-series.
He did not report this request for inside information from Aggarwal to the ACU or any other anti-corruption authority.
Shakib played for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match against Kings XI Punjab.
He received a WhatsApp message from Aggarwal that day asking him whether a particular player was going to be playing that day i.e. again asking for inside information.
Aggarwal continued this conversation by talking about bitcoins, dollar accounts and asked him for his dollar account details. During this conversation, he told Aggarwal that he wanted to meet him “first”.
These messages included a number of deleted messages. He confirmed that these deleted messages contained requests from Aggarwal for inside information.
He confirmed that he had concerns over Aggarwal, feeling he was a bit “dodgy”, and that, following their conversations, he had the feeling that Aggarwal was a bookie.
He did not report any of the contact and approaches received from Aggarwal on April 26, 2018 to any anti-corruption authority.
Shakib told the ACU that he did not accept or act upon any of the approaches he received from Aggarwal, in particular, he did not provide him with any of the information requested, nor did he accept or receive any money or other reward from Aggarwal. However, he did not at any time report any of the approaches to the ACU.