Another old franchise has joined in the third stage of Bangladesh
Premier League (BPL) by clearing out all the previous payment due. The
owner of ‘Barisal Burners’ Alif Group has also submitted the required
amount as bank guarantee determined by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to
participate in the third stage of BPL.
With that, six teams are now confirmed to
be on stage of BPL – 3. In this regard, Mr. Nazmul Hasan Papon,
President of Bangladesh Cricket Board expressed his satisfaction saying,
“Although being late, Barisal Burners have paid the dues and also gave
in five crores taka as bank guarantee.”
Earlier in a statement BCB Chief announced
that they want BPL to occur with six teams although it would be possible
to arrange the tournament even with five teams on the slot. Now as
Barisal Burners have joined in the run, Mr. Nazmul Hasan is hopeful of
having one more team to join.
“We are discussing with two more teams and
between them, one team might give in the required monetary amount within
a short period of time. We have conferred the responsibilities to BPL
governing council who will take necessary decisions as per the
regulations given by BCB”- Mr. Papon said.
In the meantime an old franchise group who
had cleared the dues prior to the present owners of Barisal Burners, has
shown their eagerness to own the franchise while the present group also
joined in the competition by fulfilling their requirements to gasp the
ownership for one more time.
However BCB President took the side of
those who had joined in the run earlier saying, “We are not sure whether
we could retain the ownership of Barisal Burners to the Alif Group.
Those who paid within the allotted time frame, surely can claim the
benefit of it.”
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