Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mohammad Ashraful on Tuesday June 17,2014admitted match-fixing and apologised for the latest damaging scandal to hit the sport.
"I should have not done this injustice to the nation. I feel guilty," he told the Independent TV channel in a televised interview.
"I would only say 'Please all forgive me, my conduct was improper'," he added.
The alleged fixing involves a match between the Dhaka Gladiators and the Chittagong Kings teams during the second edition of the BPL.
Local media have reported that 28-year-old Gladiators star Ashraful was allegedly paid about one million taka ($12,800) to lose the February 2 match.
The ban was handed by a disciplinary tribunal in Dhaka on Wednesday June 18,2014
The Bangladeshi disciplinary tribunal also banned Dhaka Gladiators owner Shihab Jishan Chowdury for 10 years for fixing matches. This is the first time a team owner has been officially handed a ban
Mohammad Ashraful played 61 Tests and 177 ODIs. He has six Test hundreds with a best of 190. Ashraful, now pushing 30, hit three ODI centuries, with a best of 109.
Mohammad Ashraful became the country's youngest Test centurion in 2001 at the age of 17 and captained Bangladesh between 2007 and 2009.
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