Crises down the line
1998-99
National stars of the day like Akram Khan, Aminul Islam, Naimur Rahman, Minhajul Abedin, Mohammad Rafique, Athar Ali Khan, Khaled Masud, Khaled Mahmud, etc. lined up with fellow cricketers in front of the Press Club with banners and slogans demanding that a date for the Dhaka Premier League – for most cricketers the sole source of income -- be set and adhered to. The players also sat out a 50-over match for Bangladesh A against Marylebone Cricket Club.
September 16, 2008
A fledgling cricket nation was rocked to its foundations when news broke that 10 Bangladesh cricketers, including then national captain Habibul Bashar, had signed up for the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL), seeking early retirement from international cricket, effectively leaving a national team of inexperienced players. They -- others included Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Forhad Reza and later the likes of Alok Kapali -- were handed 10-year bans by the BCB. Many have since been allowed back into the fold.
June 4, 2013
News broke in a Bangla daily that former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful confessed his involvement in match-fixing to ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) in the BPL. Six days later another Bengali daily did an expose on Ashraful, saying that he and other Bangladesh cricketers fixed international matches in addition to BPL. On June 4, Ashraful confessed to the media. The fallout from the BPL match-fixing scandal was that 2014 edition of the tournament was cancelled.
Comments