United States cricketer Bodugum Akhilesh Reddy has been banned from all forms of cricket for eight years after an International Cricket Council tribunal found him guilty of match-fixing during the Abu Dhabi T10 League in 2025.

The ICC's Anti-Corruption Tribunal upheld three separate charges against the 26-year-old spinner, all stemming from his involvement in the fast-paced T10 format — a tournament where each side faces just ten overs (60 balls) per innings. Reddy was found to have attempted to fix, contrive, or improperly influence aspects of matches in the competition. He was also convicted of encouraging another participant to engage in match-fixing, and of obstructing the investigation by deleting data and messages from a mobile device. The ICC published the ban on its official website on 3 August 2026, in both a news article and a formal media release.

Reddy, an Indian-origin cricketer who represents the United States, made his international debut against the Cayman Islands in April 2025 and played four T20 internationals for his adopted country. He was part of the Aspin Stallions side in the Abu Dhabi T10 League — a squad that featured prominent names including former India spinner Harbhajan Singh and England wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings — and reached the 2025 tournament final.

The eight-year ban has been backdated to 21 November 2025, the date Reddy was provisionally suspended after making two appearances in the T10 League. That was the same day the ICC formally announced it had charged him with three violations of its Anti-Corruption Code. The backdating means the suspension effectively began the moment he was pulled from competition, rather than from the later date of the tribunal's verdict.

For cricket followers, the case lands in a sport that has spent years trying to distance itself from corruption scandals — some high-profile, many quietly handled through the same anti-corruption code that caught Reddy. An eight-year ban is among the heavier sanctions available to the ICC, reflecting the multiple breaches and the deliberate attempt to destroy evidence during the investigation.

Reddy will be in his mid-thirties by the time the ban expires, putting any realistic return to professional cricket in serious doubt. A spinner with only a handful of international caps and a brief T10 League stint now carries one of the most significant suspensions handed down under the code in recent years.

The Abu Dhabi T10 League continues to operate as a sanctioned event under ICC anti-corruption oversight. The 2025 edition, where Reddy's offences took place, drew international players from across the cricketing world.