USA cricketer gets eight-year ban for match-fixing
United States international Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after an International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of match-fixing during the Abu Dhabi T10 League last year. The case is a significant blow for USA cricket, as the 26-year-old spinner was a rising international player who had only recently made his debut for the national side.
The tribunal found Reddy breached three counts of the sport's anti-corruption code, including attempting to fix or improperly influence matches at the ADT10 2025, encouraging another participant to do the same, and obstructing the investigation by deleting data and messages from his phone. He played for the Aspin Stallions, a side that also featured former India spinner Harbhajan Singh and England's Sam Billings and reached the 2025 final. Reddy made his USA debut against the Cayman Islands in April 2025 and has played four T20 internationals; his ban has been backdated to 21 November 2025, when he was first provisionally suspended.
- USA cricketer Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy banned eight years for match-fixing
- ICC found him guilty on three counts during Abu Dhabi T10 League 2025
- Also guilty of obstructing probe by deleting phone data
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Cricket is played in several formats, with Twenty20 (T20) matches designed to finish in a few hours. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is a shorter professional competition, in which each team has ten overs to score; the 2025 event featured international and domestic players.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is cricket’s global governing body and handles the sport’s international anti-corruption rules. Its tribunal considers alleged breaches, including attempts to influence how a match is played, and can impose bans from cricket.
Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy is a US spinner who had recently begun playing for the national team. The case matters to USA cricket because it involves a young international player and concerns the integrity of a competition in which professional teams and players take part.