5 cricketers whose careers were ended by the ICL
There was a time in cricket when a league named the Indian Cricket League was introduced, which introduced the franchise system in cricket. It was intended to nurture the young talents from all over the world and to provide a platform to the veteran cricketers to return to the game.The league made a promising start in its first season and the fans were also involved in following the games. But later it turned out to be a horror for both the players and the organizers. BCCI and ICC did not support any part of the tournament and it was termed as the rebel league. The cricket boards from different countries begun to put bans on their players so as to stop them from participating in the league.Joining the ICL turned out to be the worst decision of the careers for most of the players.Here are the 5 amongst them who ruined their careers by getting associated with the ICL
#1 Aftab Ahmed
Bangladesh has been a part of the international cricket circuit for a close to 3 decades now. They have not tasted a lot of success since then mostly because of the quality of the cricketers from the country. There have been only a few cricketers from Bangladesh who could match the talents from other cricketing nations.
Aftab Ahmed was certainly amongst those bright stars from the country that had the potential to make it big. He made his international debut at an age of 19 in an ODI against South Africa at Birmingham. He played 85 ODIs, 16 tests and 11 T20s for Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh cricket board had imposed a ban of 10 years on the players who joined the rebel ICL. He was amongst those players. Later, though he did quit the league and made himself available for national selection, the prime of his career was gone and he struggled to make an impact in his second stint with the national squad. He retired at a very young age of 29 which meant that yet another talent from Bangladesh failed to prosper.