Mass protests in Bangladesh post ban on 'victim of conspiracy' Shakib
Updated On: 31 October, 2019 08:02 AM IST | Dhaka | AFP
Shakib Al Hasan made a public appeal for support after being banned, unleashing a flood of angry anti-ICC social media posts from his fans
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Shakib Al Hasan's fans protest outside the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Dhaka: Hundreds of supporters of Bangladesh's cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan protested on Wednesday after he was banned for two years by the sport's governing body for not declaring attempts to bribe him. The ban on the 32-year-old superstar was announced Tuesday by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which suspended one year of the punishment after Shakib "accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code".
Shakib made a public appeal for support after being banned, unleashing a flood of angry anti-ICC social media posts from his fans. Police said about 700 people took to the streets in Shakib's hometown of Magura, demanding the ICC revoke the ban which came on the eve of Bangladesh's departure for a tour of India. "The protesters shouted slogans and marched along a highway.
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