National cricket all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for six months from all kinds of cricket activities. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hasan Papon made this announcement after a meeting, in this regard, on Monday afternoon. Besides, BCB President also declared that Shakib will not be granted an NOC (No Objection Certificate) to play in overseas competitions including Indian Premier League (IPL) until the end of 2015. “This punishment is not for a single allegation against Shakib,” BCB President Nazmul Hasan said. “This punishment is the result of a series of controversial incidents of the all-rounder. He (Shakib) was casting a negative impact on the team. The board president also said that the country’s ace all-rounder doesn’t obey team’s code of conducts even he does not care coach or captain’s directions. Terming the decision hard and unfortunate, Nazmul, however, also said if Shakib continue doing like that, he would be banned for life. No contacted national cricketer of BCB can appear on any commercial activities like advertisement without permission hereafter, Nazmul Hasan also said. Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan appeared before the board of directors of BCB, this noon. The meeting was held in presence of Shakib to decide the course of action against him for violation of code of conduct of the BCB began at 1.00pm at BCB’s Mirpur headquarters. On July 3, BCB had asked Shakib to return to the country immediately while he was on his way to Barbados to participate in the CPL that will run from July 11 to August 16. BCB asked Shakib to return home as he went to play CPL without taking NOC from the board.
