Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- But the Bangladesh Test and Twenty20 captain wanted to meet the bookie "first" in another conversation during the Indian Premier League last year, Shakib himself confirmed to theICC's Anti-Corruption Unit earlier this year.

Aggarwal wanted inside information and sought details of Shakib's dollar accounts in the conversation.

Shakib is well aware of the ICC's Corruption Code that obliges every player to report such offers.

In 2008 or 2009, he also reported an approach he had received to engage in corrupt conduct to an anti-corruption official.

The global governing body of the game banned Shakib for two years, including one year of conditional suspension, on Tuesday for his failure to report the "corrupt approaches". ...