Naveen-ul-Haq, a fast bowler, has been suspended by the International League T20 for 20 months for violating his player agreement with the Sharjah Warriors, the team that signed him for the competition’s first season. The Warriors offered Naveen an extension for an additional year, but he declined to sign the retention notice for Season 2. In Season 1 of the ILT20 (January–February 2023), Naveen was a player for Sharjah Warriors. Earlier this year, the team sent him a retention notice that included the same terms and conditions as stated in the Player Agreement. The ILT20 was contacted by Sharjah Warriors to mediate this disagreement. Through an impartial third-party mediator, the ILT20 first started a mediation process; however, the mediation was unsuccessful.
The ILT20’s three-member Disciplinary Committee which includes the league’s Chief Executive Officer David White, Head of Security and Anti-Corruption Col. Azam and Member Emirates Cricket Board Zayed Abbas separately heard both the parties i.e. Naveen and Sharjah Warriors and on examining the evidence before them conveyed its final verdict of a 20-month ban on Naveen.
