There was discussion of allowing overseas cricketers in the tournament scheduled to start mid-November but the BCB is now in opinion to push it offBangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] is opinion that focus should be on local cricketers in the upcoming Corporate T20 league. “BCB wants the T20 tournament to have teams of equal strength and quality. BCB chief Nazmul also mentioned of the challenges that will be faced due to Covid-19 situation when trying to involve overseas cricketers in the short-tournament. There has been discussion if this Corporate T20 league will come as a replacement to Bangladesh Premier League T20 and Nazmul hinted so citing BPL T20 to be unlikely this year. I think it’s not possible for our franchisees to spend that much money to secure a high-quality bio-secure bubble for the teams,” Nazmul added.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2020 09:56 UTC