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The Bangladesh Premier League BPL is taking firm action to safeguard the tournament’s integrity, with the Bangladesh Cricket BoardBCB excluding at least eight local cricketers from the final player auction draft list for the upcoming season. The decision stems from an internal report linking the players to potential corruption.
Omissions Based on Integrity Unit Report
The excluded players—who were present in the initial draft—were flagged by the $\text{BCB}$‘s own Integrity Unit as being in a “red flag zone” due to suspicious activities during the previous $\text{BPL}$ edition.
The cricketers omitted from the final draft include:
- Anamul Haque Bijoy
- Mosaddek Hossain
- Shofiul Islam
- Alauddin Babu
- Sunzamul Islam
- Mizanur Rahman
- Nihaduzzaman
- Munir Hasan Khan
A BCB official confirmed that the removal was carried out based on the Integrity Unit’s findings, though no further details regarding the investigation could be revealed.
Preventing Future Controversy
This decisive action follows an extensive, independent investigation initiated after widespread allegations of match and spot-fixing surfaced during the last season.
- The investigation committee submitted a massive 900-page report to the board, which identified approximately 18 to 19 individuals, including 8 to 10 players, as suspects linked to various degrees of fixing.
- The BCB‘s vice-president and BPL governing council member, Shakhawat Hossain, had previously stated that tainted cricketers would be barred from participating in the upcoming season to ensure the tournament’s integrity and prevent any recurrence of corruption controversies.
The BCB is moving forward with the auction, adhering strictly to the advice from the Integrity Unit, now overseen by anti-corruption expert Alex Marshall, to ensure a clean slate for the upcoming edition of the tournament.
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