Published 14:56 IST, October 28th 2019
'No legal action but Shakib has to reply to showcause notice': BCB CEO
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO has said that their star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is unlikely to face any legal action from the country's cricket board
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Shakib al Hasan is unlikely to face any legal action from cricket board but Banglesh's Test and T20 captain will still have to reply to show-cause tice for violation of central contract clause, CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said. Shakib h signed as brand ambassor of country's telecom major 'Grameenphone', which is a direct competitor of team's sponsor 'Robi'. According to central contract clause, this is a violation and an angry BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon h threatened legal action against country's best player.
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' legal action will be taken': BCB CEO
However, according to Banglesh's CEO, legal action will be taken against Shakib.
"It's an internal matter of board and that's why re is need to take any legal action against Shakib. However, he certainly has to explain why he signed an endorsement deal which is in violation of central contract," BCB CEO has been quoted by country's leing Bengali daily 'Prothom Alo'.
Earlier BCB President h lashed out senior cricketer accusing him of causing financial loss to cricket board by breaching central contract clause."We are going into legal action. We cant spare anyone in this regard. We will ask for compensation. We will seek compensation from company as well as from player," Hasan h said that after Grameenphone issued a press release naming player as ir 'Brand Ambassor'."Robi [Telecom] was our title sponsor and Grameenphone did t bid and inste y grabbed few cricketers by paying m TK One or Two Crores. What happened in end? board lost TK 90 Crores in three years," he h also said.
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BCB to consult players on Day/Night Test in India
Banglesh Cricket Board on Sunday confirmed that BCCI has requested m to play a day-night Test during upcoming India tour and y will respond after consulting ir players and team manment. BCB's cricket operations chairman Akram Khan said BCCI communicated request a few days back. BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that y want all stakeholders on board."At first, we have to take consent of players and members of team manment about it. It is totally a technical matter [playing day-night Test from skill perspective] and we have to consider that re is preparation required to play a Test with a pink ball," Chouwdhury said.
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14:16 IST, October 28th 2019