Akbar Ali banned for two matches in NCL after chair-breaking incident

With correct two rounds closing on this season’s NCL, Akbar Ali will now face an prolonged absence from the competition, further highlighting the challenges he must overcome to rebuild his standing in domestic cricket.

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21 November, 2024, 07:00 pm

Final modified: 21 November, 2024, 07:04 pm

Akbar Ali, the below-19 World Cup-winning captain, has been handed a two-match suspension for breaching the Nationwide Cricket League’s (NCL) Code of Habits.

The ban follows a most modern incident wherein the Rangpur Division captain broke a chair in madden throughout a match towards Barishal, ensuing in disciplinary motion from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

The incident unfolded on 19th November at Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi, throughout a Nationwide Cricket League match.

Whereas fielding, Akbar became fascinated about a heated alternate with the umpire, and his frustration grew when he became dismissed while batting.

In an outburst of madden, he threw his bat and subsequently broke a chair, a transparent violation of the BCB’s Code of Habits, specifically a Stage-2 breach. This resulted in Akbar’s suspension for the subsequent two rounds of the competition.

Field umpires Mahfuzur Rahman and Sohorab Hossain, along with the experienced match referee Akhtar Ahmed, submitted their document on the incident. As a consequence, Akbar Ali will omit the upcoming sixth-round match towards Dhaka Metro, starting 22 November, and the subsequent match towards Khulna.

No topic his gain efficiency as the captain of Bangladesh’s below-19 personnel, the build he led them to victory in the 2020 ICC Underneath-19 Cricket World Cup, Akbar’s profession has been marred by off-discipline controversies. This most modern incident is a blow to his reputation, in particular fascinated about his struggles to put himself in global cricket.