Bangladesh Cricket Board hands 10 year ban to Indian Cricket League rebels

Bangladesh cricket chiefs said on Wednesday that 13 players who opted to compete in the unauthorised Indian Twenty20 league will be banned for 10 years.

The Indian Cricket League unveiled late on Tuesday its new Dhaka Warriors team in New Delhi, which comprises 11 Bangladesh internationals reportedly earning $200,000 each over a three year period.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board held an emergency meeting on Wednesday and decided to ban the players for joining the unapproved league for 10 years, BCB spokesman Rabeed Imam said.

“We don’t have full reports of who have joined the ICL. But today, the board has decided that whoever has joined the unapproved league would be automatically banned for 10 years,” he said.

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Akhtar to challenge Pakistan Cricket Board ban in court Pakistan

With the government firmly behind him, Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said on Wednesday that he would challenge the five year ban slapped on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board in court.

"I will challenge it before the Board the lower courts and if needed (I will go to the) the Supreme Court," Akhtar told reporters here minutes after Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani ordered an inquiry into the harsh "PCB decision".

The Prime Minister and several of his cabinet members were furious on the decision announced by the PCB chief on Tuesday which effectively ends Shoaib's international career.

The government, according to official sources may sack the PCB chief when a report is submitted to the PM on the issue.

The fast bowler said that he had been "victimised" by the PCB. Akhtar also urged fans to remain calm and not to damage public property after several dozen supporters gathered in the capital to protest on Wednesday, a day after the ban was announced.

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