Bangladesh’s national cricketers have pulled out of all cricket activity until their country’s cricket board meets their demands for the improvement of cricket.
At a press conference at the National Cricket Academy in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s cricketers announced a list of 11 demands, among them a reversal of the BCB’s decision to scrap the Bangladesh Premier League’s franchise-based model that has eaten into the players’ salaries, a pay hike for the country’s first-class cricketers, improvements in infrastructure and availability of round-the-year coaches and training facilities, clearing of pending dues from the Dhaka Premier League, and an increase in the number of centrally contracted players.
Commenting on the development, BCB chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the board would only take remedial measures when the complaints have been addressed to them through a formal platform.
“We just came to know about it,” Chowdhury said. “We will discuss it in the board and try to resolve it as soon as possible. I don’t think it is anything like revolt. They are yet to tell us anything formally, but we are looking into the matter.”
