Sunny Dhillon banned for six years for breaching ECB's anti-corruption code during Abu Dhabi T10 tournament
The ICC has announced a six-year ban for cricket coach Sunny Dhillon after he was found guilty of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board's (ECB) anti-corruption code.
Dhillon was an assistant of a franchise team with the charges relating to 2021 Abu Dhabi T10 cricket league.
The banned coach was among eight people charged after allegations of attempts to corrupt matches in that tournament which were disrupted by the ICC, the designated anti-corruption official (DACO) for the purposes of the ECB's code for the tournament.
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Dhillon was found guilty of the following charges after a full hearing from the anti-corruption tribunal:
Article 2.1.1 – being party to an attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly matches or aspects of matches in the Abu Dhabi T10 2021.
Article 2.4.4 - failing to disclose to the DACO full details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the code.
Article 2.4.6 – failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the DACO in relation to possible corrupt conduct under the code.
Dhillon was suspended as of September 13 2023, with the ban backdated.
The ban is backdated to 13 September 2023, when Dhillon was provisionally suspended.
