PCB to start a fresh enquiry on Danish Kaneria after his spot-fixing confession

Former Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria finally confessed his involvement in spot-fixing having denied all the allegations for a long period of time. He was backed to be innocent by a lot of cricketers like former captain Rashid Latif, but that couldn’t save him from getting slapped with a life ban in 2012.

Kaneria confessed his crime and sought forgiveness, the PCB on the other hand, is planning to launch another investigation on the entire case. As mentioned by a PCB source, the 37-year-old’s confession was considered a serious thing. He previously has lost a round of appeals against his life ban and is now also required to pay the ECB around 100,000 pounds for the case.

“Kaneria’s confession is a serious matter and this week the Chairman of the board, Ehsan Mani will have deliberations with his legal team and the Board’s Anti-Corruption and Vigilance officials to see if a new inquiry should be opened up against Kaneria since he has now admitted to corruption,” A PCB source was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

PCB could blank him out of the cricketing scenario

Although the case was on for a long time with the Karachi-born cricketer repeatedly denying allegations on him for over six years, the PCB always had a soft stance on him considering the image he had built during his playing career. He also quoted that Kaneria might be prohibited from appearing on TV or radio channels as a cricket expert.

“The board adopted a soft stance on Kaneria despite his life ban. But now it could move to completely blank him out of the cricket scenario. In the past, it came to the PCB’s notice that Kaneria had played in a private event in Bangkok and elsewhere but it kept quiet on it,” the source added.

Since last year, the PCB’s Anti-Corruption Tribunal has also banned Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan and Nasir Jamshed for their involvement in spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League. Although the board is trying their best to keep its cricketers away from the fraudulent practices, a new case has been showing every now and then.

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