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BCB to investigate three players for casino visit

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Nasir, Taskin and Shafiul will be questioned by the board after they decided to visit a casino in East London. © Getty

Bangladesh Cricket Board will investigate and take appropriate action against three cricketers for breaking team rules in South Africa, Nazmul Hasan, the board president, said on Tuesday (October 24).

Nasir Hossain along with Taskin Ahmed and Shafiul Islam went to a casino in East London shortly after their loss against South Africa in the third and final ODI and returned to the team hotel later than the time decided by the team management.

"We will definitely investigate the matter and [take] appropriate action," Nazmul said after the submitting the nomination paper for the upcoming BCB election that he is expected to pass unopposed. "Let us get the report from the team management after the tour. If it was a matter of one player we could have taken a drastic step but as there are three cricketers involved and we need some time."

Nazmul added that he need to consider everything before taking the call as the players involved did not gamble.

"They returned at 10:34pm where as everyone is expected go back to their room by 10. It was a mistake and we will look into it but from what I learnt they did not gamble and only had some food at the place," Nazmul clarified.

The questions were raised because the Bangladesh cricketers decided to visit the casino less than three hours after their 200-run loss in the final ODI. Things haven't gone Bangladesh's way so far in the tour and they lost the three-match ODI series 0-3 after conceding the Test series 0-2.

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