The <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/afghanistan-cricket-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Afghanistan Cricket Board</a> (ACB) has announced a one-year ban on <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/mohammad-shahzad/news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mohammad Shahzad</a>, prohibiting him from playing "any form of cricket" for 12 months.' <p></p> <p></p>Shahzad earlier this month <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/mohammad-shahzads-contract-suspended-for-indefinite-period-878278" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had his contract suspended</a> for an indefinite period following a breach of team protocol. The ACB requires its cricketers to seek permission before leaving Afghanistan, and Shahzad was seen practicing in Peshawar, Pakistan. <p></p> <p></p>"The ACB has well-equipped training and practice facilities within the country and Afghan players do not require to travel abroad for such purposes," the ACB said in a statement on Sunday. <p></p> <p></p>During the 2019 World Cup, Shahzad was sent home from England <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/knee-injury-rules-mohammad-shahzad-out-of-the-world-cup-2019-853287" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with a knee injury</a>, which he denied. <p></p> <p></p>The 32-year-old failed to appear before an ACB Discipline Committee for this statements <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-some-acb-officials-conspired-against-me-i-was-fit-to-play-mohammad-shahzad-afghanistan-854983" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alleging that members of the ACB were conspiring against him</a>. <p></p> <p></p>Shahzad is Afghanistan's leading run-getter in T20Is and ODIs.
