Bangladesh Premier League 2020 cancelled: Nazmul Hasan, BCB president

Nazmul Hasan, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will not be taking place this year amidst the country trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hasan told reporters on Sunday, “BPL is not happening this year. Let’s see it in next year. We do not want to […]
 
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Bangladesh Premier League 2020 cancelled: Nazmul Hasan, BCB president

Nazmul Hasan, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will not be taking place this year amidst the country trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hasan told reporters on Sunday, “BPL is not happening this year. Let’s see it in next year. We do not want to miss any game but everything will depend on the situation and circumstances. Because whenever there is talk of BPL, there must be foreign cricketers. At the same time there is the matter of production. Now if we can do those in Bangladesh then we have no objection. But it is a little bigger arrangement because of the number of players there and the team management are much higher. I don’t know if we are able to handle that or not.”

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Hasan, speaking at the launch of a three-team 50-over tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, further said that the possibility of hosting the league at an overseas location like the IPL is not feasible either, due to the financial burden involved with creating a bio-bubble and revealed that he was yet to have an official word with the franchises.

“I don’t think it will be easy (organizing the tournament overseas). I tell you, when we go to run in Bangladesh (BPL), except for one or two franchises, the rest of us have a hard time to play the tournament,” said Hasan. “I heard it today the bio-security belt has to be created outside say in the UK and even in Dubai for the IPL as well and I don’t think it is possible for anyone. It is almost impossible for us to spend so much money.”

Bangladesh Premier League 2020 cancelled: Nazmul Hasan, BCB president