ICL -Indian Cricket League: Makes Top Bangladesh Cricketers Resign National Team

ICL [Indian Cricket League] Makes Top Bangladesh Cricketers Resign National Team:
14 Bangladesh players including former captain Habibul Bashar are set to sign a contract with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).Bashar, Mohammad Rafique, Alok Kapali, Shahriar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Nazim Uddin, Farhad Reza and Dhiman Ghosh are among the players who will join the ICL this week, reported the Dhaka-based Bengali national daily 'Prothom Alo'.

Kapali, Reza and Dhiman were in the Bangladesh squad that played a three-match one-day series against Australia earlier this month. ICL which has not been sanctioned by the BCCI has already drawn a lot of attention with some of the top international players taking a plunge into it at the cost of international cricket. Players participating in the league have been banned from playing international cricket by their respective national Boards. In a significant move six Bangladesh players including fomer captain Habibul Bashar, resigned from the national team on Sunday Former captain Habibul Bashar, along with .....

Shariar Nafees, Aftab Ahmed, Mosharraf Hossain, Farhad Reza and Dhiman Ghosh - who all have contracts with the Bangladesh Cricket Board - cited "personal reasons" in their resignation letters. "The players only said they will not be available for the national team," Hossain said. Bangladesh Cricket board held an urgent discussion on Sunday to discuss the resignations. Local media reports said as many as 14 Bangladesh players could quit the national team in order to join the ICL in a newly formed team based in Bangladesh.

The Indian Cricket League is a Twenty20 competition that is not recognized by the International Cricket Council, and runs in opposition to the sanctioned Indian Premier League. Players competing in the ICL therefore face potential bans from international cricket.