KARACHI:

Questions are being raised over the sudden inclusion of Asif Afridi, convicted in a corruption case, into the national team at the age of 39. The PCB had imposed a two-year ban on the spinner in February 2023, but it was surprisingly lifted within just one year.

According to details, in 2022, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s left-arm spinner Asif Afridi was suspended by the PCB for violating the Anti-Corruption Code during the National T20 Cup.

In February 2023, he was formally banned for two years, effective from September 12, 2022, the date of his initial suspension. But, in a surprising turn of events, he was allowed back into domestic cricket as early as October 2023.

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He was charged with breaching Article 2.4.10 of the Anti-Corruption Code – “directly or indirectly inducing, pe

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