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BPL 2025-26 match fixing: BCB integrity unit and CID go down hard to eliminate corruption

Akshita Patel

Measures taken to stop fixing in BPL [Source: @arnuX05/X.com]Measures taken to stop fixing in BPL [Source: @arnuX05/X.com]

Ahead of the BPL 2025-26 season, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken a firm step to safeguard the tournament’s credibility. The BCB is all set to partner with CID to lay out an anti-corruption framework.

Corruption has long been a sensitive issue for the BPL. Since its launch in 2012, the league has faced multiple controversies involving spot-fixing and match-fixing. 

The darkest chapter came in 2013, when former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful received an eight-year ban, forcing the BCB to cancel the 2014 edition altogether. 

BCB approach CID to stop fixing in BPL

Hence, to curb these issues in the upcoming season, BCB has decided to partner with CID. 

According to Cricbuzz, Alex Marshall, the independent chair of the BCB’s Integrity Unit, met senior officials of Bangladesh’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to strengthen the league’s anti-corruption framework ahead of the season opener on December 24.

Marshall, a former head of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit, sat down with CID chief Sibgat Ullah and other officials to align strategies and share information. 

The meeting reportedly focused on identifying risks, tightening monitoring systems, and ensuring that past mistakes are not repeated in Bangladesh’s only franchise-based T20 league.

Marshall, for that matter, is the brain behind these anti-corruption systems. Earlier this year, he made headlines by declaring nine players ineligible for the BPL auction, acting on the findings of a detailed 900-page investigation report into alleged fixing during the previous season. 

What role will CID play?

According to CID chief Sibgat Ullah, the meeting was part of an ongoing process rather than a one-off discussion. 

Legal experts, cybercrime officials from the Cyber Police Centre (CPC), and BCB representatives were also involved. 

The aim, he explained, is to follow international protocols, understand existing gaps, and upgrade systems to global standards.

"I won't go into the details, but there are some international norms and some protocols. We are trying to follow those. He is actually from the ICC side, right? By exchanging views with our CPC cyber policing officers, we are looking at what level we are at, where we want to go, what grey areas exist here, and what the gaps and lapses are-we are trying to frame this," Ullah said.

The BPL 2025-26 season is set to begin on December 26 and will run until January 23, with 6 teams competing.