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Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam was looking forward to upcoming opportunities and said he was not disheartened to miss the biggest franchise league, the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Shoriful, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, and a number of players were listed in the auction list in this year's IPL. However, the board declined to give NOC to the players except Mustafiz for the national duties.

Shoriful said he was content to abide by the BCB’s decision and believes there will be future opportunities to appear in the IPL.

“No. I am young and hopefully in the future, there will be a lot of offers for me. I am fine with what BCB feels is good for me. We have the World Cup coming up, so they probably focused on managing our workload to keep us fit ahead of the global event,” said Shoriful to Cricbuzz.

“If I do well this year, in that case next year I will get an offer again and if we don't have games in that case I can play in the next IPL because I am hoping that they will release me if it does not conflict with national duties,” he said.

The young pacer dreams of playing in the cash-rich franchise league like every other player around the world.

“I think in the cricket world every player has the dream of playing in the IPL and certainly I dream of playing in the IPL someday if I get the chance,” he added.

Shoriful played in LPL as an overseas player in the 2023 edition. He said he was braced up for the 2024 Bangladesh Premier League, which starts on January 19.