Barisal Bulls co-owner slapped with life-ban

Lifetime ban for Rezwan Rezwan, also the owner of Axiom Technologies which manages stadia and ticketing rights of the BCB, got himself involved in a brawl with Total Sports Marketing head Moinul Haque Chowdhury during the presentation ceremony of the Asia Cup Twenty20 final in Dhaka on March 6. Total Sports was the TV rights holder of the event. According to reports, Rezwan was involved in a verbal clash with Moinul just before the ceremony. Apparently, things turned ugly after Rezwan raised his hands on Moinul. The incident was observed by the BCB officials present at the spot and an investigation was later conducted on the issue after Total Sports filed an official complaint to cricket’s governing body in the country. The BCB’s disciplinary committee, after going through the findings found Rezwan guilty and decided to ban him from the Bangladesh cricket arena. “Such behaviour by Rezwan bin Faruk during a big event has tarnished the board’s image. We had no option but to take a harsh decision. He has been banned from all kinds of cricket activities in the country for a lifetime. He cannot be affiliated with the game from now on, not even with a club or a BPL franchise,” AZM Nazir Uddin, chief of the BCB’s disciplinary committee, told the media. Nasir, also a BCB vice president, failed to give the reason behind the clash between Rezwan and Moinul and said it is not the board’s concern. “It is not the board’s concern. Such incident is never expected during the final of an international event, that too in front of the presentation podium,” added Nasir. It was understood that the other owner of the Bulls, MA Awal Chowdhury Bulu, also a BCB director, will take charge of the BPL franchise in the absence of Rezwan. The board will however, look into the legal side of continuing business with Rezwan-owned Axiom Technologies.