DHAKA, (Reuters) – Suspended all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan apologised yesterday and appealed to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to reduce the six-month ban slapped on him earlier this month for misbehaviour.
Bangladesh’s most prominent cricketer was punished for what the BCB called a “severe attitude problem” and the board also decided not to allow him to play in overseas competitions until the end of 2015.
“I admitted that my behaviour was not mature. I apologise for this. In future it will not happen again,” Shakib, who met BCB chief Nazmul Hassan earlier this week, told reporters.
