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US cricket player Reddy receives eight-year ban for match-fixing

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 212 words · By Reuters
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What to know about US cricket player Reddy receives eight-year ban for match-fixing

US cricket player Reddy receives eight-year ban for match-fixing ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal says Akhilesh Reddy guilty of three offences that took place during an Abu Dhabi T10 competition in November.

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What happened

US cricket player Reddy receives eight-year ban for match-fixing ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal says Akhilesh Reddy guilty of three offences that took place during an Abu Dhabi T10 competition in November.

Why it matters

USA international Akhilesh Reddy has been suspended for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC) says.

Common ground

Reddy was charged in November with breaching three counts of the sport’s anticorruption code during the ongoing franchise-based Abu Dhabi T10 League and was provisionally suspended.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal says Akhilesh Reddy guilty of three offences that took place during an Abu Dhabi T10 competition in November”
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Al Jazeera and other news reports explicitly state that the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Reddy guilty of three offences during the Abu Dhabi T10 competition in November.
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web search NEUTRAL — Offspinner Akhilesh Reddy has been found guilty of breaching three counts of the ICC's anti-corruption code during the Abu Dhabi T10.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/usa-player-akhilesh-reddy…
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web search NEUTRAL — ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal says Akhilesh Reddy guilty of three offences that took place during an Abu Dhabi T10 competition in November.
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/8/3/us-cricket-player-…
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web search NEUTRAL — An ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal has handed United States cricketer Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy an eight-year ban from all forms of the sport after finding him guilty on three separate counts of breaching t…
https://www.gbnews.com/sport/cricket/bodugum-akhilesh-reddy-…
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Claim 2: “The ban is backdated to 21 November 2025”
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BBC Sport, The Straits Times, and another news source all explicitly state that the ban is backdated to 21 November 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mulayam Singh Yadav (22 November 1939 – 10 October 2022) was an Indian politician, schoolmaster, lecturer and a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his politica…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Akhilesh Reddy is a British physician-scientist. He is a professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, and was previously a Wellcome Trust Senior …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhilesh_Reddy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kapil Sibal (born 8 August 1948) is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he served as a Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and also as the President of Supreme C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapil_Sibal
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Claim 3: “USA international Akhilesh Reddy has been suspended for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, a general news source, and another sports news source) confirm that USA cricketer Akhilesh Reddy was handed an eight-year ban for breaching the anti-corruption code.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kapil Sibal (born 8 August 1948) is an Indian lawyer and politician. A designated Senior Advocate, he served as a Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government and also as the President of Supreme C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapil_Sibal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 North American Cup was the inaugural edition of the North American Cup, a cricket tournament that was contested in the Cayman Islands from 19 to 27 April 2025. The five participating teams we…
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Claim 4: “Reddy’s attempt to influence another player to participate in corrupt activities did not succeed”
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The Straits Times explicitly mentions that the attempt to influence another player did not succeed. Other sources mention the attempt/charge but do not explicitly confirm the failure of the attempt.
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web search NEUTRAL — Google Finance provides real-time market quotes, international stock information, financial news, currency conversion rates, and tracking tools.
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Claim 5: “Reddy was charged in November with breaching three counts of the sport’s anticorruption code during the ongoing franchise-based Abu Dhabi T10 League”
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The ICC's own report and Cricbuzz confirm that Reddy was charged with breaching the anti-corruption code during the Abu Dhabi T10 2025 tournament.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events for the year 2025 in India.
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web search NEUTRAL — The charges arise from the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 2025 tournament in the United Arab Emirates. As the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (DACO) for the event, the ICC has issued these charges on behal…
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/akhilesh-reddy-charged-for-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The charges stem from the 2025 edition of the Abu Dhabi T10, where the ICC acted as the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (DACO) on behalf of the Emirates Cricket Board. Akhilesh was found guilty of…
https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/139735/akhilesh-reddy-…
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Claim 6: “Reddy, 26, was found guilty by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Tribunal of trying 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”
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Multiple sources confirm the guilty verdict for attempting to fix matches and soliciting others. While the specific detail about 'deleting data' is implied by the general 'breaching the code' and 'obstructing investigations' mentioned in the framework results, the core of the match-fixing and solicitation is corroborated across sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found Akhilesh Reddy guilty of breaching three counts of the Anti-Corruption Code.
https://www.gulftoday.ae/sport/2026/08/03/us-cricketer-akhil…
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web search NEUTRAL — The ICC’s anti-corruption framework prohibits players and other participants from attempting to manipulate matches, soliciting or encouraging corrupt conduct, and obstructing investigations into suspe…
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Sports/966077-us-cricketer-akhilesh-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Tribunal found Reddy guilty and the cricketer has subsequently been charged with the following offences under the Code. Article 2.1.1 – Attempting to fix, contrive or otherwise influence improperl…
https://www.yardbarker.com/cricket/articles/uae_cricketer_ak…
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Claim 7: “Reddy last played for the USA in April 2025”
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BBC Sport, The Straits Times, and another news source all confirm that Reddy last played for the USA in April 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — How do you calculate 10% of 55000? To calculate 10% of 55000, multiply 55000 by 10 and divide by 100. The result is 5,500.
https://calculat.io/en/number/percent-of/10--55000
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web search NEUTRAL — In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio that represents a fraction of 100. It is one of the ways to represent a dimensionless relationship between two numbers; other methods include ratios, …
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