Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain and the world’s No1-ranked one-day international all-rounder, has become one of the biggest names of recent years to be banned for corruption offences in the first step of a major investigation by the International Cricket Council.

Another significant international cricketing figure is also expected to be charged within the coming weeks as investigators unravel a web of fixing linked to two major bookies.

Shakib pleaded guilty to three charges under the ICC’s anti-corruption code relating to the Bangladesh Premier League in 2017, the 2018 IPL and a tri-series that same year involving Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Shakib has been banned for two years with one year of that sentence suspended after admitting the charges and accepting his suspension in lieu of a hearing.

“I am obviously extremely sad to have been banned from the game I love, but I completely accept my sanction for not reporting the approaches. The ICC ACU is reliant on players to play a central part in the fight against corruption and I didn’t do my duty in this instance,” he said in a statement released by the ICC.