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After India TV sting, Pak Cricket Board bans two umpires

Karachi, Apr 14: Pakistan Cricket Board today slapped bans on umpires Nadeem Ghouri and Anis Siddiqui for four and three years respectively after finding them guilty of corruption in an expose by India TV last



India TV had carried out a sting operation in October last in which reporters posing as agents contacted umpires from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and induced them to give undue favours in return for monetary gains in league matches.



Ghouri and Siddiqui were shown conversing with the undercover reporter on Skype with the former apparently agreeing to the terms and conditions set by the agents.

Last month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board also banned its top umpire Nadir Shah for 10 years as he was also found guilty of corruption in the same sting operation.

Another Bangladesh umpire, Sharfuddoula Saikat, was cleared of any misconduct in the inquiry by his board.

The India TV sting operation alleged that six umpires were willing to give decisions favouring players for money in Twenty20 warm-up games ahead of the 2012 World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka.