The Bangladesh Premier League turned into an issue of headache instead of becoming one of the major cricket competitions in the country, said the president
of the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday.
The cash-rich tournament made within the similar scheme of the Indian Premier League is yet to fill the coffers of the board after both the franchises and the event management company failed repeatedly to honour their financial commitments.
Furthermore, the non-payment issue of the players, both local and international, refused to go away since the inception of the tournament two years ago that frequently maligned the image of the country’s cricket.
‘The BPL is a pain, no doubt,’ Nazmul Hasan told reporters at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
‘Since taking over I had to spend most of my energy behind it,’ said Nazmul.
‘Firstly there was no agreement and there is hardly anyone who keeps their commitments,’ he added.
Nazmul added that the BCB had already issued legal notices to the franchises and is making plans to provide them suspension letters sooner than later unless they ensured their dues to the board.
‘We are preparing suspension letters,’ said Nazmul.
‘They had already tested our patience and now it is time for us to undertake the action,’ said Nazmul.
However, the BCB still did not decide the fate of franchise Dhaka Gladiators, under whose management accusations were leveled at regarding the fixing of matches.
The Gladiators’ former national star Mohammad Ashraful was banned
temporarily from all cricketing activities for his alleged involvement in match fixing.
‘We will take a decision about [Dhaka] Gladiators after receiving the probe report from ACSU,’ said Nazmul.
‘But no one will be sacrificed if found to be guilty,’ he added.
-With New Age input
