USA cricketer Akhilesh Reddy given eight-year ban under anti-corruption code — SkimNews
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- Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.
- The USA cricketer was convicted of attempting to fix matches (Article 2.1.1), soliciting others to fix matches (Article 2.1.4), and obstructing the investigation by deleting data and messages from a mobile device (Article 2.4.7).
- The offences occurred during the Abu Dhabi T10 2025 competition in the UAE, where the ICC served as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board.
- The eight-year ban is backdated to 21 November 2025, meaning Reddy had already been provisionally suspended and sidelined for roughly nine months while the tribunal deliberated.
Why it matters: Reddy's ban runs through November 2033, effectively ending his playing career at the international level and barring him from any ICC-sanctioned cricket worldwide. The inclusion of an obstruction charge — deleting phone data to hide evidence — shows the tribunal punished not only the match-fixing but also the attempted cover-up, signaling the ICC's hard-line enforcement approach.
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