Litton summoned by BCB disciplinary committee for hearing

Bangladesh’s T20 International skipper Litton Kumar Das was called by the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) disciplinary committee on Sunday for hearing after breaching the code of conduct, a BCB official confirmed. The right-handed batsman is expected to depart for Singapore on 20 July for assessing his injury that sidelined him from the Zimbabwe tour while also making himself unavailable for the ongoing Lanka Premier League (LPL). Litton decided to skip the Zimbabwe T20 series to play in the LPL. After missing the Test series, Litton went to Zimbabwe for the One Day International series but returned home shortly after having not recovered fully from the calf injury that he sustained during the Australia ODIs at home earlier this year. It subsequently ruled him out from the T20I series against the Aussies, which he watched from the sidelines in Chattogram.
It is understood Litton went to China after returning from Zimbabwe without communicating with the BCB. This did not go down well with the present board high-ups as they were not sure about his injury updates and it prompted them to call him for a hearing. “He (Litton) went to China, the board didn’t take it well. The board called him and asked him why he went to China, and with whose permission,” a BCB source told Daily Sun when his attention was drawn to the matter of the disciplinary committee hearing of the current T20I skipper.
BCB director Sirajuddin Mohammad Alamgir admitted that the hearing took place on Sunday, adding that the board will not tolerate this kind of behaviour irrespective of his status as a senior cricketer.
“He gave his statement during the hearing. Now we have to talk with the medical committee and cross-check the whole matter. But, from what we have heard, we think he is saying the truth,” said Alamgir.  “He has been playing for a long time. He actually doesn’t have that much of a disciplinary issue in his career. He doesn’t have a track record as such. We have that in mind,” he noted.
“I this he is little bit of frustrated as he couldn’t play the Sri Lankan T20 League (LPL),” he stated. “There was just a communication gap. This is not something that is intentional or some sort of a violation, but even after there is a communication gap, he still has breached the contract,” he explained.
“We have to do something about it, even if it is a small thing, so that he is aware in the future. Even the board president (Tamim Iqbal) wants this message to go the players so that they follow the rules and regulations properly,” he added. “You can say that the board will not tolerate any undisciplined action from any players. Doesn’t matter how big of a player he is,” he elucidated.
“I have told Litton not to take this personally. Through this we want to give a clear message to the players regarding our stance on disciplinary issues,” he concluded, saying that the disciplinary committee will make a final call regarding his punishment that will be determined as per BCB’s code of conduct guideline.