USA international cricketer Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been hit with an eight-year ban after being found guilty of match-fixing charges by an ICC tribunal.
Akhilesh Reddy has been suspended since November after being charged with three counts of the sport’s anti-corruption code, which took place while competing in the Abu Dhabi T10 league.
The 26-year-old spinner has now been found guilty of charges relating to attempting to fix or improperly influence matches, trying to get another player to participate in the same activities and deleting data and messages from a mobile device relevant to the investigation.
"USA player Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching three counts of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code," the ICC said in a statement.
"The charges relate to the Abu Dhabi T10 2025 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for which the ICC was appointed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (DACO).
"The ban is backdated to 21 November 2025, when Reddy was provisionally suspended.
"The Tribunal found Mr Reddy guilty of the following offences under the Code:
"Article 2.1.1 - Attempting to fix, contrive or otherwise influence improperly, or being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or 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 the former) another participant to breach Article 2.1.1 of the Code in one or more matches in the ADT10 2025.
"Article 2.4.7 - Obstructing the DACO's investigation through deletion of data and messages from a mobile device which may have been relevant to the DACO's investigation."
Akhilesh Reddy has made four career appearances for the USA after making his debut in April 2025 at the North American T20 Cup, taking a single wicket.
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