Left-arm spinner Asif Afridi, who was once selected in the Pakistan squad but did not get a game, was on Tuesday banned for two years after he pleaded guilty to an anti-corruption code violation. The 36-year-old's ban commenced from September 22, 2022 when he was provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
He was picked for Pakistan's white ball squad for the home T20 series against Australia but never played for the national side. Asif has 118 wickets from 36 first-class matches. The PCB found him guilty of two breaches of the anti-corruption code for which he got a two year ban and a six month ban and both the periods of ineligibility will run concurrently.
“The PCB while handing the ban took into consideration the admission of guilt, expression of remorse, past track record and Asif Afridi's request that the PCB considers his case compassionately, claiming he had unintentionally breached the Code,” the PCB said in a statement.
