Sharjeel Khan will not face a lifetime ban feels lawyer Shegan Ejaz

Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan’s lawyer Shegan Ejaz believes that his client will be discharged by the three-man anti-corruption tribunal who will make their verdict public next month. Sharjeel Khan landed himself in huge trouble after he was arrested for a spot fixing case in Pakistan’s high-intensity T20 league named as the Pakistan Super League.

Former Pakistani legends in the form of Javed Miandad and Mohsin Hasan Khan had said that any player found guilty of match fixing should be banned for life. But lawyer Shegan Ejaz is confident that his client will not be treated that harshly and will face a six-month ban on the maximum.

All the hearings regarding the PSL spot fixing case involving Pakistani Test opener Sharjeel Khan ended last week and both the parties are expected to submit their written replies by July 29^th. The tribunal will thoroughly examine the reports and announce the verdict within 30 days of submission.

Shegan Ejaz’s statement:

Ejaz claimed that the PCB charged Sharjeel of five offences which include that of spot-fixing. He also said that he gave his best in defending his client. “At the worst, the tribunal could impose a six-month ban on him for not reporting offers made to him on time,” he said.

According to the lawyer, Andrew Ephgrave, the operations manager of the national crime agency of UK, was present through Skype but his statement had no proof against Sharjeel.

But as far as former cricketers Javed Miandad and Mohsin Khan are concerned, the PCB should have a no mercy attitude while dealing with players involved in match fixing.

“I think the board now needs to make an example of such players. This menace has damaged our cricket a lot and it is the time such players are given severe punishment,” Miandad said.

“If they had implemented the recommendations of the Justice Malik Qayyum report back in 2000 we would not have had the 2010 spot-fixing scandal involving Salman Butt, Muhammad Aamir, and Muhammad Asif nor this PSL issue,” said Mohsin Khan.