The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued charge sheet to suspended batsmen Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif under the PCB Anti-Corruption Code for their alleged involvement in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) spot-fixing scandal. Both the players have been given 14 days time to submit their reply, although the players denied charges relating to corruption.
The sources in the PCB said, "If the players accept charges relating to corruption, then the PCB will form a disciplinary committee to decide their future, while if they do not accept the charges within the given time frame, then a tribunal will be formed which will include a judge, a former cricketer and a renowned and respected member of the society."
Both players have been charged with violation of Code Articles 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.4.4; and 2.4.5 and Khalid Latif who has been charged with violation Code Articles 2.1.1; 2.1.2; 2.1.3; 2.1.4; 2.4.4; and 2.4.5, the sources added.
"PCB maintains zero tolerance toward corrupt practices and believes it as a cancer eating at the heart of the game," the sources said. Earlier, both Sharjeel and Latif reached Lahore Wednesday, to submit their official statements to the PCB regarding these allegations against them. Both the players were sent back to Pakistan from the United Arab Emirates after they were found to be involved in a spot-fixing scandal by the cricketing authorities. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has already made it clear that both the cricketers will be subjected to the harshest of punishments if their alleged involvement in fixing during the Pakistan Super League is proven.