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Dhaka, January 2
Bangladesh batsman Sabbir Rahman has had his central contract revoked for assaulting a young cricket fan who taunted him during a match last month.
The 26-year-old was also slapped with a six-month ban from the domestic games and a fine of two million taka ($24,000) over the incident.
The national contract for the Bangladesh players was due to come into effect on January 1. The decision came after Rahman was found to have assaulted a young fan, believed to be aged 12, who had taunted him during a first-class National Cricket League match in Rahman’s hometown of Rajshahi on December 21. During an innings break, the middle-order batsman went behind the sightscreen and beat the boy. He was also under fire for arguing with the match referee when he was called for a hearing. “We would like to send a strong message to all the players on the first day of the new year. No matter how big a player might be, he must maintain discipline,” Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan said.
“He (Rahman) was called for a hearing earlier and we also received the report from the match referee. He’ll no longer be a contracted player,” he said.
Rahman, who has played 10 Tests, 46 ODIs and 33 T20Is since his international debut in 2014, has a history of disciplinary problems.
In 2016, BCB fined him 30 per cent of his contract money in the Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament when he allegedly took a female guest to his hotel room during the tournament.
