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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will likely be suspending the ongoing BPL 2025-26 season amidst the rising cricketing and political unrest in Bangladesh, according to reports. Several Bangladeshi media outlets have confirmed the same, stating that Bangladesh players are still refusing to withdraw their boycott. As per reports, all competing franchises will soon be officially informed about the league’s indefinite suspension.
It is worth noting that Bangladesh cricketers had been threatening to boycott all forms of cricket, unless BCB director M Nazmul Islam tendered his resignation for making controversial remarks against legendary opener Tamim Iqbal and against all Bangladeshi players. Even though the BCB has now decided to relieve Najmul Islam from his responsibilities as chairman of the Finance Committee with immediate effect, the unrest seems to have shown no signs of easing.
BPL 2025-26 likely to be halted despite fulfilling player’s demand
As reported by several Bangladeshi media outlets, including ViewsBangladesh on Thursday, January 15; the BPL 2025-26 season will likely face an indefinite suspension by the BCB if the players do not return to the field today, as quoted by a BCB director while speaking with the reporters.
Interestingly, the first match of the day, set to be the kick-off game of the Dhaka leg of the BPL 2025-26 season, was postponed to an undetermined date after neither team arrived at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. The Chattogram Royals and Noakhali Express players refusing to arrive at the stadium for their BPL 2025-26 encounter constitutes a part of a nationwide boycott by Bangladesh players on all forms of cricket.
The boycott stemmed from BCB director M Nazmul Islam’s controversial remarks against Tamim Iqbal and the nation’s cricketers. It is worth noting that Islam had called Tamim Iqbal an “Indian agent” for merely proposing peace talks between the BCB, the ICC and the BCCI amidst Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup 2026 boycott standoff against geo-political rivals India.
Moreover, after facing intense criticism from several Bangladeshi cricketers and experts for his remarks against Tamim, M Nazmul Islam further worsen the situation by saying that any form of T20 World Cup 2026 pull out by the Bangladesh players will only result in losses for the players, and not for the BCB.
BCB replaces M Nazmul Islam as Finance Committee chairman
In a bid to safeguard the BCB’s functioning and interests, the board has removed M Nazmul Islam from his position as the chairman of the Finance Committee. Nazmul’s removal was reportedly carried out under the president’s powers, as outlined in Article 31 of the BCB constitution.
In the meantime, BCB President Aminul Islam will be serving the board as its Finance Committee chairman on an interim basis. The BCB will be expected to name Nazmul’s official replacement in due time.
As of BPL 2025-26, even the evening game between Rajshahi Warriors and Sylhet Titans has been postponed after players from both sides refused to enter the stadium. The fallout between the Bangladesh cricketers and the BCB official has also resulted in the postponement of four Dhaka Cricket League games on January 15.
