\u201cI should not have done this injustice to the nation,\u201d said Former Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful on Tuesday. He confessed that he has been involved in match-fixing and apologised for the same.<\/p>\n
He was quoted by DNA<\/strong> saying, “I should have not done this injustice to the nation. I feel guilty. I would only say ‘Please all forgive me, my conduct was improper.\u201d His apology came after the president of Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nazmul Hassan announced his suspension till the full report of an investigation done by ICC comes in.<\/p>\n The ICC’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) has been probing allegations of match-fixing during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), a Twenty20 competition.<\/p>\n The alleged fixing involves a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings teams during the second edition of the BPL. Local media have reported that 28-year-old Gladiators star Ashraful was allegedly paid about one million taka ($12,800) to lose the February 2 match.<\/p>\n Ashraful became the country’s youngest Test centurion in 2001 at the age of 17 and captained Bangladesh between 2007 and 2009.<\/p>\n Right-handed batsman was quoted by Deccan Chronicle<\/strong> saying, “I felt that I have done an injustice, so I have told them (the ACSU team) the truth at the first chance. I tried to help the ICC as much as I could for the welfare of our cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n “You all know me, I have been playing international cricket for 12 years. I did not tell them a single lie,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI should not have done this injustice to the nation,\u201d said Former Bangladesh Captain Mohammad Ashraful on Tuesday. He confessed that he has been involved in match-fixing and apologised for the same. He was quoted by DNA saying, “I should have not done this injustice to the nation. I feel guilty. I would only say […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[1847,9042,1000,6293,1760,6548,9041],"class_list":["post-15054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers","tag-bangladesh-cricket-board","tag-bangladesh-premier-league","tag-icc","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-match-fixing","tag-mohammad-ashraful","tag-nazmul-hassan"],"yoast_head":"\n