Published 19:22 IST, October 29th 2019
Shakib banned: All about the IPL game cited in the ICC's press release
The Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab match played in 2018 has come under the scanner after Shakib Al Hasan failed to report an approach in this game.
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A wave of shock descended upon cricketing world on Tuesday as Banglesh’s star all-rounder and limited-overs skipper Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all forms of cricket for two years by International Cricket Council (ICC). Highlighting that one year of ban would remain suspended, ICC in a press release ted that Shakib h accepted three charges of breaching ICC Anti-Corruption Code. se charges pertain to failure of disclosing approaches to eng in “corrupt conduct”. However, Indian Premier League (IPL) too, has been dragged into this controversy as a specific game of its 2018 edition has been cited by ICC where Shakib failed to report an approach.
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Sunrisers Hyderab vs Kings XI Punjab, April 26, 2018
match in question was in league sts of IPL. It was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stium, Uppal which is home ground of Sunrisers Hyderab (SH) side. Ravichandran Ashwin, Kings XI Punjab (KXP) captain won toss and elected to field first. Emerging pacer Ankit Rajpoot h a great start to his day dismissing SH skipper Kane Williamson for a duck. Rajpoot ripped through top order, reducing SH to 27 runs with loss of three wickets at end of 5 overs. On this occasion, Shakib rose to occasion along with Manish Pandey who stitched toger a partnership of 52 runs at a rate of 5.88 runs per over. This h raised a lot of eyebrows at that time as it was lowest 50 run partnership of season. Neverless, y mand to propel SH to a total of 132 runs. Shakib scored 28 runs off 29 balls, while Rajpoot took 5 wickets for 14 runs in his 4 overs spell.
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second innings
KXP openers KL Rahul and Chris Gayle started off innings in a commanding fashion. Before Rahul was castled by Rashid Khan, duo h alrey put 55 runs on board in approximately 8 overs. reafter, things went downhill for KXP middle order. likes of Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, and Maj Tiwary failed to find any sort of rhythm. Interestingly, Shakib starred with ball as well. He took two crucial wickets of Mayank Agarwal and Finch, besides giving away just 18 runs in his three-over spell. KXP was eventually bundled out for only 119 runs. Thus, SH won game by 13 runs and brought KXP’s 4 match-winning streak to an end. In 2018 IPL edition, SH reached final but was pipped to trophy by Chennai Super Kings.
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18:57 IST, October 29th 2019