Pakistani player 'invited female guest to hotel room in honey trap plot' during BPL
Organisers had outlawed such activities to avoid any entrapment from match-fixers
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KARACHI:
A Pakistani cricketer has been let off with a warning after he allegedly brought a female guest to his hotel room in a possible “honey trap” plot during the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
According to media reports, the organisers had outlawed any such activities during the tournament to avoid any entrapment from match-fixers.
“The organisers had advised players to not invite female guests to their rooms,” a source told Press Trust of India. “In the case of this Pakistani player, he was advised in particular about a foreign national girl who was on the watch list of the anti-corruption investigators in the BPL.”
Bangladesh players fined for entertaining females in their hotel rooms
The player, who currently represents Pakistan, was pulled by organisers when security officials found the same female guest in his room. However, he escaped any financial penalties since he was an overseas signing.
Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) levied a record fine on two national team players for what it called “serious” breaches of discipline after they reportedly entertained female guests in their hotel rooms.
Pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain and batsman Sabbir Rahman were both fined around $15,000 for “serious off-field disciplinary breaches” during the BPL.
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“The players have been reminded of their responsibility as national cricketers and have been warned that any repetition of similar acts of indiscretion in the future will result in a harsher penalty,” said the BCB in a statement.
The fines are the highest ever imposed on a Bangladeshi player on disciplinary grounds. Al-Amin’s amounts to 50 per cent of his BPL contract money for playing for the Barisal Bulls while Sabbir’s is equal to 30 per cent of his pay from the Rajshahi Kings.
A Pakistani cricketer has been let off with a warning after he allegedly brought a female guest to his hotel room in a possible “honey trap” plot during the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
According to media reports, the organisers had outlawed any such activities during the tournament to avoid any entrapment from match-fixers.
“The organisers had advised players to not invite female guests to their rooms,” a source told Press Trust of India. “In the case of this Pakistani player, he was advised in particular about a foreign national girl who was on the watch list of the anti-corruption investigators in the BPL.”
Bangladesh players fined for entertaining females in their hotel rooms
The player, who currently represents Pakistan, was pulled by organisers when security officials found the same female guest in his room. However, he escaped any financial penalties since he was an overseas signing.
Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) levied a record fine on two national team players for what it called “serious” breaches of discipline after they reportedly entertained female guests in their hotel rooms.
Pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain and batsman Sabbir Rahman were both fined around $15,000 for “serious off-field disciplinary breaches” during the BPL.
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“The players have been reminded of their responsibility as national cricketers and have been warned that any repetition of similar acts of indiscretion in the future will result in a harsher penalty,” said the BCB in a statement.
The fines are the highest ever imposed on a Bangladeshi player on disciplinary grounds. Al-Amin’s amounts to 50 per cent of his BPL contract money for playing for the Barisal Bulls while Sabbir’s is equal to 30 per cent of his pay from the Rajshahi Kings.