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Controversy In BPL! Overseas Stars Boycott Match As Durbar Rajshahi Fail To Clear Dues

Abhinav Tyagi

Rangpur Riders - (Source:@BPL/X.com)Rangpur Riders - (Source:@BPL/X.com)

In a significant development, the Bangladesh Premier League has been hit with major controversy as Rajshahi Durbar's foreign players refused to play their recent match against Rangpur Riders because of non-payment of dues. 

Notably, during the match, no foreign players took the field as they protested over the non-payment. As a result, all 11 Bangladeshi players took the field against the Riders, violating BPL's rules. According to the league's rules, a team has to play two minimum foreign stars. 

Durbar Rajshahi Fails To Make Payment For Players

"We have a few changes. Four or five. Because no foreigners today. All the local players are playing today," Taskin Ahmed said during the toss. 

In case of such event, a team has to first report it to the technical committee and Durbar Rajshahi managed to do so. 

"The Durbar Rajshahi team... has applied to the BPL Technical Committee for special approval to field a team consisting solely of Bangladeshi players for today's match against Rangpur Riders due to the non-availability of overseas players," the BCB said.

Rajshahi's overseas players this season are Ryan Burl, Mohammad Haris, Mark Deyal, Miguel Cummins, Aftab Alam and Lahiru Samarakoon.

75% Mandatory Payment During Season

ESPNcricinfo reported that Durbar Rajshahi's overseas players have been paid only one-fourth of their total payment. The rules clearly states that a franchise must play at least 75% of their total dues during the tournament. Before taking the crucial step of boycotting the match,  the players skipping training in Chattogram a couple of weeks ago.