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The Melbourne Renegades’ upcoming BBL matchup against
the Melbourne Stars on Tuesday will not include Mujeeb Ur Rahman due to a
“change to his No-Objection Certificate (NOC) conditions”.
Mujeeb had requested to be removed from the central
contracts list for 2024, and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) had granted
him permission along with fast bowlers Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi. The
three were ordered to forfeit whatever current NoCs they may have and refrain
from participating in T20 leagues for the next two years.
The Renegades had previously declared in a statement
that they “will continue to support him for the remainder of the BBL
season” and that they had “received no communication that Mujeeb’s
availability for the BBL could change from original plans.” “Mujeeb
Ur Rahman has been removed from the squad after a change to his NOC conditions
made him unavailable for the match,” reads a new statement that was
released today.
After that, Naveen and Farooqi sought the ACB and,
according to the board, “demonstrated a strong desire to represent their
country again”. After that, the two were included in Afghanistan’s 18-man
team for the current Twenty20 International Series against the United Arab
Emirates, however Mujeeb was left out.
Mujeeb, who went 3 for 20 against Adelaide Strikers on
December 29, was a major factor in Renegades’ first and only BBL victory of the
season. At the ODI World Cup, he made his Afghanistan debut.
Afghanistan are currently involved in a three-match
T20I series in the UAE. They won the first T20I convincingly but lost the
second by 11 runs. The third and final match of the series will be played on
Tuesday.