PakPassion.net was today informed by the Pakistan Cricket Board that opening batsman Nasir Jamshed's links to the alleged bookie arrested in Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) were purely "innocent".

By Saj Sadiq (22nd March, 2012)

PakPassion.net was today informed by the Pakistan Cricket Board that opening batsman Nasir Jamshed's links to the alleged bookie arrested in Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) were purely "innocent".

Jamshed who represents National Bank and Lahore in domestic cricket scored a total of 193 runs in the recently concluded Asia Cup, including an excellent century against arch rivals India, has according to the PCB been cleared of any wrongdoing.

A PCB official informed PakPassion.net that Nasir's name being linked to the alleged bookie was not sinister and the Lahore born cricketer was in the clear.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board captured Karachi resident Sajid Khan during a match in the BPL and took him to the visiting Anti-Corruption and Security Unit official before handing him over to Mirpur police. BCB security chief Misbahuddin Serniabat had previously stated they had found the bank account details of Nasir Jamshed of Chittagong Kings and the e-mail address of Dhaka Gladiators’ Rana Naved-ul Hasan in the mobile phone of Sajid Khan.

Rana Naved speaking with PakPassion.net on 5th March denied having any links to Khan and stated "The authorities in Bangladesh spoke with me during the BPL about what had occurred and showed me a picture of the man they had arrested. I informed them that I recognised the man in the photograph having met him at a domestic match in Karachi last year. That day after the domestic match in Pakistan he had approached me along with many other individuals as a fan. After that day I never saw him again or heard from him at all. I provided the Bangladeshi authorities with the information they needed from me and as far as I am concerned there is nothing more to it. I have no idea how he obtained my email address.”

An ACSU official and an ICC match referee came to the Chittagong King's team hotel after the arrest of the alleged bookie and quizzed Jamshed, but PakPassion.net understands that the matter is now closed. According to the PCB official, the alleged bookie's link to Jamshed was an innocent one and as a result the left handed batsmen was subsequently selected for the recently concluded Asia Cup.

The PCB official further added that all players had to abide by the player's code of conduct and the monitoring of all players is a continuing process.