Former Bangladesh Seamer Shahadat Hossain Faces Suspension From NCL After Assault On Teammate

As per reports, Arafat said that Shahadat was not competent to shine one side of the leather. It angered the speedster enough to charge at Sunny before the players came to restore sanity.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board took stringent action against Shahadat Hossain by banning the former Bangladeshi seamer from the ongoing National Cricket League for physically assaulting Arafat Sunny. The incident happened during the second day's play between Dhaka Division and Khulna Divison at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. As per reports, Arafat said that Shahadat was not competent to shine one side of the leather. It angered the speedster enough to charge at Sunny before the players came to restore sanity. It is now understood that the 33-year-old may face a one-year ban for his behaviour. An official from the BCB tournament committee stated that Shahadat had been called back from Khulna. The pacer accepted the charges, which are deemed as a Level 4 offence in the BCB’s Code of Conduct. The technical committee will now take a call on his future. A BCB tournament committee official told Cricbuzz that Shahadat had been brought back from Khulna after he accepted the verdict that is considered a Level 4 offense in the BCB's code of conduct.

"Under the level four offenses a player will be banned from participating in any BCB competition for one year while he will be slapped with a fine of Tk 50,000,'' said the official on Monday (November 18). "Shahadat accepted the verdict and returned back home. We have given the report of the match referee to the technical committee and they will decide his future but he has been barred of taking part in this NCL game," he added.

Match referee Akhtar Ahmed said that he has given his report on the incident to the BCB after the incident, adding that it was simply not acceptable. "The match referee has no authority to punish Shahadat for what he has done. His offense falls under level 4 offense,'' Akhtar Ahmed told reporters. "This is a big offense because it is not something like a bad gesture or an abuse. He kicked his teammates. Now it has been sent to BCB. The board will decide whether to punish him after the evidence and verification of the incident," he said. "I am not playing in the ongoing NCL match as I am suspended and I am not sure what will happen in future," Shahadat told Cricbuzz. "It is true that I lost my temper but he also misbehaved with me as he refused to shine the ball and when I asked why he answered in a tone that was degrading and difficult for me to digest," he concluded.