{"id":35393,"date":"2017-12-07T13:12:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=35393"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T12:27:08","slug":"psl-spot-fixing-case-mohammad-irfan-to-testify-against-shahzaib-hasan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=35393","title":{"rendered":"PSL spot-fixing case: Mohammad Irfan to testify against Shahzaib Hasan today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LAHORE Dec 07 (TNS):<\/strong> Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan will appear as a witness against Shahzaib Hasan before the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal today, as part of ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing legal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Shahzaib Hasan was the fifth player to be suspended for spot fixing in the second edition of PSL held earlier this year. The 27-year-old opener, who has represented Pakistan in three one-day internationals and 10 T20 matches, was charged with three violations of the PCB\u2019s anti-corruption code.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Irfan was suspended by the PCB for twelve months after he delayed reporting the corrupt approaches made to him during the PSL; six months of the sentence remain suspended, as he returned to the domestic cricket landscape after serving a six-month ban.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old pacer has represented Pakistan in 60 ODIs, 20 T20Is, and four Test matches.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB on Wednesday rejected claims by suspended cricketer Sharjeel Khan, saying it had proven all charges against the opening batsman before a tribunal and an appeal adjudicator.<\/p>\n<p>Sharjeel, who had been suspended over spot-fixing allegations during PSL, had appealed to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi earlier this week to ensure justice was served, as he asked for a fair trial and vowed to fight all allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE Dec 07 (TNS): Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan will appear as a witness against Shahzaib Hasan before the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s (PCB) anti-corruption tribunal today, as part of ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing legal proceedings. Shahzaib Hasan was the fifth player to be suspended for spot fixing in the second edition of PSL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[330],"class_list":["post-35393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35396,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35393\/revisions\/35396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}