Bangladesh's Rubel Hossain excluded from central contract

New Delhi: Bangladeshi cricketer Mohammad Rubel Hossain was served a big blow after being temporarily excluded from the new central contract for not following injury rehabilitation guidelines.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan stated that the decision on Rubel stood because the pacer did not follow the rehabilitation guidelines.

"Everyone but Rubel in the previous contract stays (in the new contract). He has not followed the injury rehabilitation guidelines he was given," Nazmul Hassan was quoted as saying in bdnews24.com.

The 26-year-old cricketer who impressed in early part of 2015, missed international matches in July last year due to injury. The pacer suffered an injury again while playing a match in India in September.

Rubel recovered from his injury and played six matches for Sylhet Superstars in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) but has been out since December once again.

Hassan went on to add that if Rubel can come with a satisfactory reply, he will get the central contract.

"No one has been selected in his place. He will be able to get in the (central) contract if he can come up with a satisfactory reply. Otherwise he will be dropped," Hassan said.