CF Correspondent

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon lambasted the BPL franchisees for their unnecessary allegation on the board, stating that the cricket apex body never changes the rules of the cash-rich T20 tournament.

He rather claimed that it’s the franchisees who every season break the rules for which the BCB had to intervene.

Some of the BPL franchisees had recently blamed BCB for not being consistent in setting the rules and regulations of the tournament.

The franchisees basically lashed out at BCB after the board terminated the franchisees al l contracts with the players and asked them to renew the contract since there is rule of beginning new cycle after six years.

“Many franchisees have their complains about BPL’s rules and regulations alterations. They say, they won’t play if we change the rules every season. But when did we change the rules? In fact the franchises continuously broke the rules and we stopped them in doing so,” Papon said here on Saturday.

Recently before a policy of players’ retention announced, the franchisees started recruiting players. As part of that process, Shakib Al Hasan moved to Rangpur Riders from Dhaka Dynamites while Tamim Iqbal joined Khulna Titans from Comilla Victorians. Other players also changed the team, which angered BCB and they later announced all new contracts invalid.

“We have never changed the rules. They have broken it this time too. They are changing it, though there is the restriction of retention. But this can’t happen because it is not in the rule book. We just did not let them break the rule.