Tags: Afghanistan,
Naveen-ul-Haq
Printed on: Dec 18, 2023
Afghanistan quick bowler Naveen-ul-Haq was on Monday, December 18 slapped with a 20-month ban from taking part within the Worldwide League T20 (ILT20) for breaching his participant settlement with Sharjah Warriors.
As per a report in information company PTI, the right-arm pacer had signed up for the Sharjah Warriors for the opening season of the event. He was supplied one other 12 months’s extension however refused to signal the retention discover for Season 2.
Sharjah Warriors then approached the event organizers to intervene within the dispute. Apparently, ILT20 first initiated a mediation course of by way of an impartial third-party mediator. Nonetheless, the mediation is claimed to have failed.
The ILT20’s three-member Disciplinary Committee comprising Chief Govt Officer David White, Head of Safety and Anti-Corruption Col. Azam and Member Emirates Cricket Board Zayed Abbas, individually heard each the events on the matter. After inspecting the problem, they arrived at a conclusion and gave their last verdict, handing Naveen with a 20-month ban.
Releasing an official assertion ILT20 CEO David White mentioned:
“We don’t take delight in making this announcement however all events are anticipated to adjust to their contractual commitments and recognise that non-compliance could cause injury to the opposite occasion. Sadly, Naveen-ul-Haq did not honour his contractual obligations with the Sharjah Warriors and as such the league had no choice however to impose this 20-month ban on him.”
“The disciplinary proceedings in opposition to Naveen had been performed in a clear method and each events concerned got alternatives to organize and current their submissions,” the assertion went on so as to add.
The suitable-arm quick bowler had a formidable season for Sharjah Warriors in 2023. He was their joint-highest wicket-taker (11) together with Junaid Siddique. Warriors, nonetheless, received solely three of their ten matches and didn’t make the playoffs.
Whereas Naveen is unlikely to function within the ILT20 in 2024 and 2025 following the ban, he has signed with Durban’s Tremendous Giants – the SA20 affiliate of Lucknow Tremendous Giants, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise which he’s a part of.
24-year-old Naveen, who introduced his shock retirement from one-day cricket earlier this 12 months, has performed 15 ODIs and 27 T20Is for Afghanistan, claiming 22 and 34 wickets respectively.
In his total T20 profession, he has performed 145 matches during which he has picked up 175 scalps at a median of 23.42 and an financial system price of 8.09 with 4 four-wicket hauls and one five-for.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
