Former KKR player among Three Suspended from Cricket for Anti-Corruption Breach in Bim10 Tournament

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged Titans owner Chitranjan Rathod, team official Trevon Griffith and West Indies player Javon Searles with breaches of anti-corruption codes linked to the Bim10 Tournament 2023-24 in Barbados.

The charges, announced on March 11, fall under the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Anti-Corruption Code for the Bim10 event. Griffith faces an additional ICC Code charge related to international matches.

Rathod faces three CWI Code violations, Searles four and Griffith four CWI breaches, plus one ICC breach. All three are provisionally suspended from cricket with immediate effect and have 14 days to respond from March 11.

Searles, who has played for West Indies and in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders, has been charged with four breaches. The 39-year-old played 4 IPL matches for KKR in 2018, picking up 2 wickets in them.

The Charges

Breach of Article 2.1.1 of the CWI Code: Fixing, contriving to fix or otherwise influencing improperly, or being a 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 Bim10 tournament in 2023/24 (or attempting to do so).

Breach of Article 2.1.4 of the CWI Code: Soliciting, instructing, encouraging or facilitating Players and/or Player Support Personnel to commit offences under the CWI Code.

Breach of Article 2.4.4 of the CWI Code: Failing or refusing to cooperate with a reasonable investigation carried out by the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (or his/her designee) in relation to possible offences under the CWI Code.

Searles and Griffith have also been charged with another code-

Breach of Article 2.4.2 of the CWI Code: Failing to disclose to Cricket West Indies details of any approaches or invitations to engage in conduct that would amount to a breach of the CWI Code.

Griffith has also been charged with-

Breach of Article 2.4.7 of the ICC Code: Obstructing the ACU's investigation into possible Corrupt Conduct by concealing and/or tampering with information that may have been relevant to the investigation, or which may have constituted evidence or led to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt Conduct.

The case continues a wider probe that charged USA player Aaron Jones with five breaches in January. The ICC has announced that it won't comment further pending proceedings.