The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged USA off-spinner Akhilesh Reddy with three violations of the Anti-Corruption Code and has barred him from playing immediately.
The charges stem from suspected wrongdoing during the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 competition, in which the 25-year-old is representing the Aspin Stallions. He has appeared in both of Harbhajan Singh’s team’s matches thus far.
He has been booked under the following sections of the anti-corruption code:
Article 2.1.1 – Attempting to fix, contrive, or improperly influence, or being party to an agreement or effort to improperly influence, the result, progress, conduct, or any other aspect of matches in the ADT10 2025.
Article 2.1.4 – Soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging, or intentionally facilitating (or attempting to do so) another Participant to breach Article 2.1.1 during one or more matches in the ADT10 2025.
Article 2.4.7 – Obstructing the investigation by deleting data and messages from a mobile device that may have been relevant to the inquiry.
Reddy, who bowled four overs in the first two games and picked up one wicket, will have only 14 days to respond to the charges. Meanwhile, he is expected to be replaced by Guyanese left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd, who has picked up 17 wickets from 20 T20 matches at an average of 28.29.
Coming back to Reddy, the youngster made his international debut earlier this year on April 19, in the North America Cup encounter against Cayman Islands. Reddy has played four T20Is, picking up a solitary wicket.
Meanwhile, Aspin Stallions are set to face Vista Riders in match No. 12 of the Abu Dhabi T10 League on Saturday, November 22. This encounter is going to be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
The Stallions started their campaign with a gut-wrenching four-run defeat to Northern Warriors. However, they got off the mark in the following clash against Ajman Titans, registering an impressive 15-run victory.
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