Overview

• The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Saman guilty of breaching ECB Anti-Corruption Code Articles 2.1.1, 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 by attempting to fix matches, offering inducements and soliciting corrupt conduct during the 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 League.
• His five-year suspension is effective from September 13, 2023, meaning he has already served two years since his provisional ban.
• The tribunal noted that the ICC’s Designated Anti-Corruption Official intervened in time to prevent any rigged outcomes in the tournament.
• Saman was among eight individuals linked to the Pune Devils franchise charged in the ICC’s September 2023 investigation into Abu Dhabi T10 League corruption.
• The ruling adds to a series of sanctions from the probe, following earlier bans for Nasir Hossain and Marlon Samuels.