Bangladesh cricket player Shohely Akhter received a five-year ban for violating the ICC's anti-corruption code. She admitted to approaching a player to fix a Women's T20 World Cup match. The ICC deemed the penalty fair,

Bangladesh's Shohely Akhter became the first woman cricketer to be banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on corruption charges. The off-spinner was found guilty of attempting to fix a match during the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup, offering a bribe and not cooperating with the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code (ACU) during the investigation.