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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No disrespect to Kapil: Punjab Cricket Association

The Punjab Cricket Association has clarified that it meant “no disrespect” to former India captain Kapil Dev in ordering the removal of his larger than life portrait from its prominent position in the Mohali Stadium.

Anguished by the association’s action, Kapil had written to PCA secretary, M.P. Pandove seeking the return of personal memorabilia he had gifted for display in and around the stadium and clubhouse in Mohali.

Concerned that the PCA may not want to preserve these items because of his relationship with the Indian Cricket League, the former captain had requested that he be allowed to care for the articles that are of great personal and emotional attachment to him.

In a prompt response to Kapil’s e-mail message, however, the PCA management clarified that it meant “no disrespect” and that the portrait, which is actually in the form of a oversized hoarding, was taken down because of seasonal dust storms and high velocity winds.

Pandove has said that Kapil Dev’s image would be restored to its original place on the stadium walls as soon as the weather cleared.

A senior PCA official told this newspaper that the PCA’s relationship with Kapil was unaffected by his association with the ICL.

“The Long Room in the stadium is still named after the cricket legend and always will be. That’s how much we respect the man,” said the official.

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