Shakib al Hasan in trouble as BCB set to take legal action

Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib
al Hasan will be issued a showcause notice by the Bangladesh Cricket Board
(BCB) after he violated the terms and conditions of the board.

According to a report in Cricbuzz,
Shakib on October 22 joined Grameenphone, the local telecom giant as their
brand ambassador.

Both the parties agreed with the
deal a day after the country’s cricketers called for a strike placing 11-point
demand to the board, which eventually came to an end on October 23.
Incidentally, Shakib was at the forefront of the strike which attracted
centrally contracted and first-class cricketers as well.

However, according to the BCB
players’ agreement, a cricketer under national contract cannot join a telecom
company.

BCB President Nazmul Hasan has
said that they will take strict action if Shakib is unable to provide a
satisfactory reply. “He cannot make this agreement (with a telecom
company) and why he cannot make this agreement is clearly stated in our
contract paper,” Hasan told.

“We are going into legal
action. We cannot spare anyone in this regard. We will ask for compensation. We
will seek compensation from the company as well as from the player. I heard
about it (on October 23) and asked to sent legal notice to Grameenphone to
claim compensation. I have asked to send a letter to Shakib for explanation. We
must give him a chance to show that he didn’t break the rule. To us it seemed
that it was something like ‘give a damn to the board’ and if that is the case
we will take tough action,” he added.

Shakib also missed out Friday’s
practice session at the training camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket
Stadium in Mirpur ahead of the upcoming bilateral series with India where the
two sides are scheduled to play three T20Is and two Tests.

Head coach Russell Domingo,
however revealed that the all-rounder was unwell and due to illness, he failed
to show up in the training session.