Sabbir Rahman stripped of BCB central contract

Sports Correspondent: Batsman Sabbir Rahman has been stripped off his BCB central contract as punishment for assaulting a fan during a first-class match.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) also decided to ban Sabbir Rahman from domestic cricket for six months and he will be fined Tk 20 lakh.

BCB President Nazmul Hassan made the disclosure at his corporate office in Dhanmondi on Monday.

The BCB president spelled out these punishments after the disciplinary committee's hearing on Monday. According to the committee's vice-chairman Sheikh Sohel, Sabbir apologised for his actions in Rajshahi on December 21.

"Still, we felt that he didn't learn anything from his past two punishments," Sohel said. "We have meted out a heavy punishment. He is out of the national contract, which is a huge blow. He is also fined Tk 20 lakh. But this is his last chance. If he has another brush with indiscipline, he will be permanently suspended."

The 26-year-old batsman has faced disciplinary action a number of times in the past, the most severe case of which was in 2016 when the BCB fined him Tk 12 lakh for "serious off-field disciplinary breaches" during the Bangladesh Premier League.


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