Sabbir Rahman might face six-month international cricket ban

Sabbir Rahman, the bad boy of Bangladesh cricket, has once again got media coverage for indiscipline rather than his performance on the field. The 26-year-old hard-hitting batsman is likely to face a big punishment for his recent troubles. After a hearing with the player at the BCB office in Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, the BCB disciplinary committee has suggested the board a six-month ban for the cricketer from international cricket.

If the proposal is approved by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan then Sabbir Rahman will be suspended from international cricket till February next year. As a result, he cannot play in the home series against Zimbabwe and West Indies, and the New Zealand series in February and March. Because of his recent troubles, he could not make his place in the Bangladesh ODI team announced for the Asia Cup 2018.

It is not the first time he is facing such kind of punishment. Earlier in January this year he was fined Tk 2 million and banned from domestic cricket for six months after he was found guilty of beating up a fan during a first-class game. For this reason, his central contract was also stripped off. However, the disciplinary committee has warned him of being careful in future and if any more complaints come against him, the authority might hand him long-term ban.

It is also heard that Sabbir allegedly got involved in a fighting with Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the dressing room during the T20I series against Afghanistan in Dehradun, India in April. He even took to social media to abuse his supporters who mocked him after his poor performance in the second ODI against the West Indies, though the player denied this claim saying that his Facebook account was hacked.

Apart from Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain was also called for hearing on the same day. The 22-year-old middle-order batsman was accused of driving his wife out of home demanding Tk 1 million in dowry. He, however, said to the media that he divorced her recently. The board also warned Mosaddek of being careful in the future but did not take any disciplinary action against him as his case is being dealt with at the court.

From promising cricketer, Sabbir Rahman has turned himself as a problem child for the board in the recent and distant past. It looks like stardom has led him to the destruction. Getting huge and sudden publicity, he has forgotten his past. BCB officials should handle this issue strictly before it gets deteriorated.