BCB mulls to organize BPL
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has earned their biggest chunk of proceeds from the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the popular domestic franchise-based Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.
Many predict that cricket in Bangladesh starts its upward trends after the introduction of the blockbuster BPL tournament that rated third after ICC events and Indian Premier League (IPL) in terms of its popularity along with global spectators.
The BPL was introduced during the tenure of former BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal, who is now the incumbent finance minister of the ruling Awami League-led government.
Kamal set the ground for the development but it successfully crossed a phase during the tenure of the current president Nazmul Hassan Papon, who is working for going to the next height. As of now Bangladesh is rated as a reckoning force in world cricket especially in one-day format of cricket.
The top-notch teams fear to play against Bangladesh irrespective of the conditions and pitches. Tigers meanwhile proved its credentials as a reckoning force to beat world champions England, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka along with South Africa and New Zealand at home and away conditions.
Because of the effects of the BPL, Bangladesh started playing a better brand of cricket. There are some mega events of both International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) respectively- ICC World T20 in 2021 and ACC T20 Asia Cup in 2021.
This year the BCB has allotted the December-January window for the BPL. If the BPL is not held, it’ll be a matter of big loss for the BCB not only for financial aspects but also players’ games and experiences prior to the upcoming extravaganzas for which Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is uptight about how they will organize the event.
Each and every cricket board across the world is at sea because of the devastating coronavirus pandemic that created mayhem all over the world for which everybody is being faced some financial losses in some places.
It is obvious and that everybody has to accept it despite having any unwillingness because it is such a situation where there is no one having authority over it.
But Bangladesh are lucky enough that the highly contagious virus hit them at a time when they are at the fag’s end of their domestic cricket season. It is time for rain. The rainy season hit the country during this time and devastated some parts of the country for the last few years.
“We have to count some financial loss in some places that will happen and you have to accept it,” said BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury.
“We are lucky that the corona hit us when we are at the fag’s end of our domestic cricket calendar. As of now, the rainy season is going on,” Chowdhury told the media.
“Again, it’ll be a big loss for us if we don’t organize our BPL because it is a big source of our income,” he added.
