Following a sanction by the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Naveen-ul-Haq posted a cryptic story on social media.
On December 25, the Afghanistan Cricket Board issued a statementpostponing the signing of the central contract and not issuing no-objection certificates (NOCs) to Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazal Haq. announced. We will be exhibiting Farooqi and Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.
All three cricketers are regular players in a number of franchise-based T20 leagues around the world and had “expressed their desire to opt out of their annual central contracts from 1 January 2024” . In response, the ACB said it had taken disciplinary action against the trio.
“The argument for not signing central contracts for these players is that they are participating in a commercial league and are prioritizing their personal interests over playing in Afghanistan, which is considered a national responsibility. “The Afghanistan Cricket Board has decided to take disciplinary action against these players,” the ACB press release said.
The ACB also established a committee to investigate the matter and “make recommendations that are in the best interest of the ACB.” The committee, inter alia, decided that from January 1, 2024, he will not award contracts to Naveen, Farooqi and Mujeeb for a period of one year and cancel all their active NOCs.
Until she retires, participation in T20 leagues is effectively ruled out. Afghanistan has him touring the UAE for his two 50-over matches and his three T20I matches, but the selectors have not picked any of them (with Naveen withdrawn from his ODIs). , it is worth noting that it has probably withdrawn from this format as well).
On December 27, Naveen posted the following Instagram story. “It’s normal for the truth to come out slowly and lies to spread faster than fire.”
It remains unclear what exactly this cryptic message means, and the identity of the message subject is also unknown.
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