Afghanistan Mohammad Shahzad. COURTESY
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) acted sharply by warning Minister Group Dhaka’s Afghanistan recruit Mohammad Shahzad who was caught smoking in public at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Friday.
"We did not expect anything like that from a cricketer like Mohammad Shahzad. Such incidents in the cricket field put a negative impact. He has been warned not to do so in future,” BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said here today.
After the match between Sylhet Sunrisers and Fortune Barisal was washed out, the match between Minister Group Dhaka and Comilla Victorians was also canceled as light drizzle continued to fall. When the rain stopped for sometime, the players from Dhaka and Comilla went down to see the field.
There was a reunion of three Afghan cricketers. Karim Janat has come to play for Comilla. Mohammad Shahzad and Fazal Haque Farooqi are playing in Dhaka. The Afghan trio is seen chatting near the dressing room. But Mohammad Shahzad sparked a controversy there.
He smoked an electric cigarette from his jacket pocket. He has been seen doing this more than once. It was seen that the smoke rises up.
The media manager of Dhaka was seen to try to stop Shahzad. But he could not be stopped. Later, Dhaka manager Mizanur Rahman Babul and senior cricketer Tamim were seen to convince him to stop smoking. Shahzad looked angry by the intervention and entered into the dressing room.
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