BANGLADESH: After failing to come up with the finances to pay the tournament fee, Barisal Bulls were ousted from this year’s BPL which would now consist of 7 teams.
Finishing bottom in last year’s competition, one of the owner of the Barisal franchise, co-owned by Axiom Technologies and BCB director MA Awwal Chowdhury, was reportedly not in favor of paying the fee due to some financial constraints.
Governing council chairman Afzalur Rahman Sinha said: “At a meeting today, we decided that Barisal Bulls will not be participating in the 2017 BPL”. He also added that “They didn’t meet the BPL’s financial terms and conditions.”
The Barisal players, along with their icon player will be part of the draft scheduled to be held next month.