PSL match-fixing: Khalid Latif claims innocence

KARACHI: Islamabad United batsman Khalid Latif, who is suspended from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) over match-fixing allegations, has claimed innocence.

The player has started consultations with the lawyers to defend himself.

When the journalists grilled him today with questions over match-fixing, he said I have done nothing wrong and the Almighty is witness to it.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) provisionally suspended Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif and sent both the players home from Dubai where they were playing the PSL.

Later, the PCB launched investigations into the matter whether an international syndicate had attempted to influence matches in the T20 championship.

Both Sharjeel and Latif play for Islamabad United in the PSL.

"Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif have been suspended and the rigorous and wide-ranging investigation by the PCB supported by the ICC will continue as part of collective efforts to protect the integrity of the sport," the PCB said in a statement.

Sharjeel played the opening match of the 2017 edition for defending champions Islamabad against Peshawar Zalmi, while Latif was not part of the playing XI.