Jatin Kashyap

Some Lesser Known Facts About Jatin Kashyap

• Jatin Kashyap is an Indian cricket umpire known for being charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2023 with breaching the anti-corruption code.

• He started working as a cricket umpire in 2013.

• In 2014, he joined Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium and became an umpire there.

• In 2016, he started working as a cricket trainer at Baba Frid College, Bathinda.

• On 22 May 2023, he was charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching its anti-corruption code after which an investigation into “international matches in 2022”. The ICC did not specify the incidents.

• He has officiated in district-level matches in Punjab but is not on the BCCI panel.

• Reportedly, he has not officiated in district matches since 2019 and was not seen in Punjab cricket’s umpiring circuit.

• He was charged with “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to co-operate with the Anti-Corruption Unit’s (ACU) investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code…including (without limitation) failing to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU (whether as part of a formal Demand pursuant to Article 4.3 or otherwise) as part of such investigation.”

• According to the ICC statement, the second breach was “obstructing or delaying the ACU’s investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code…including (without limitation) concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or may lead to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt Conduct under the Code.”

• The ICC gave him 14 days to respond to the charges.