Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to introduce the \u2018players by choice\u2019 system for the upcoming third edition of Bangladesh Premier League instead of traditional players\u2019 auction, officials said on Sunday. The new edition of BPL is scheduled to be held from November 22 to December 15 after two years gap. The BCB also planned to make it a six-team affair and has invited bid from interested parties to own franchises.
\nOfficials said they are getting good response from the bidders, who have to submit their interest by August 17.
\nA BCB director on Sunday said they already explained the potential bidders about how they are planning to go ahead with the tournament, marred by match-fixing and payment scandals.
\nOne of the new plans include a complete overhaul in players\u2019 recruitment system, he said.
\nThe BCB held auctions for the first two editions when franchises bought players at prices that sometimes appeared unrealistic. Many players alleged that the franchises did not play even half of their auctioned prices, putting a question a mark on the tournament.
\nThe BCB had to pay the overseas players from its own exchequer in order to save its image.
\nThe BCB could not recover the money from the franchises, which compelled it to terminate their contracts and invite fresh bids.
\nTo make it convenient for the new franchises, the BCB decided to put a cap on their expenditure and revise the players\u2019 recruitment system by introducing \u2018players by choice\u2019 system.
\nThe BCB used the system, a somewhat complex one, in 2012-13 season for the Dhaka Premier League.
\nIn the DPL, selected 189 players were divided in the seven groups and each group had separate price tag.
\nThe clubs had to take part in a lottery to determine their calling number for each category.
\nBCB believe it will help the teams plan with a certain budget, which cannot exceed Tk 4.4core this season.
\n\u2018We want to host the BPL thinking in line of our economy,\u2019 BPL member-secretary Ismail Haider told New Age.
\n\u2018It\u2019s meaningless for players to be sold in an exorbitant price and get nothing in the end,\u2019 he said.
\nPlayers also welcomed the move of slashing prices as they believe that will ensure them getting their payments.
\n\u2018I think it\u2019s better to get what we are quoted than being sold highly only to get very little,\u2019 said Mahmudullah, who captained Chittagong Kings in the first two editions of BPL.
\n\u2018It\u2019s up to the board to decide what our prices should be and I am convinced we won\u2019t be under-paid,\u2019 he said.
\nAccording to the proposed new pay-scale for BPL, highest payment for a local player will be Tk 30 lakh.
\nAs far as foreign players are concerned highest payment of a player can be raised up to $70,000 though BCB is in favour of keeping it limited to $50,000.
\n\u2018Suppose we want to have Chris Gayle, one foreign player on our priority list and he doesn\u2019t want to participate for less than $70000. We don\u2019t want to lose him for $20000,\u2019 said a BCB director preferred not to be named.
\n\u2018As far as local players are concerned we have decided not to increase it from Tk 30 lakh,\u2019 he said.
\nA team will be allowed to buy maximum seven foreign players but can field four in each game.<\/p>\n

-With New Age<\/strong> input<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to introduce the \u2018players by choice\u2019 system for the upcoming third edition of Bangladesh Premier League instead of traditional players\u2019 auction, officials said on Sunday. The new edition of BPL is scheduled to be held from November 22 to December 15 after two years gap. The BCB also planned to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1105,3347,6373,232,6374,489,12203,12204],"yoast_head":"\n