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Fortune Barishal urge BPL reschedule due to tight timeline

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Defending Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) champions Fortune Barishal have formally appealed to the tournament’s governing council to reschedule the upcoming BPL season, citing a lack of preparation time and logistical challenges.

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) recently announced that the next edition of the BPL will begin in mid-December 2025 and will feature five teams instead of the usual seven. Following the announcement, the BCB invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) for new franchise ownership rights for the BPL T20.

β€œπ‘»π’‰π’† π‘©π’‚π’π’ˆπ’π’‚π’…π’†π’”π’‰ π‘ͺπ’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 (𝑩π‘ͺ𝑩) 𝒉𝒂𝒔 π’π’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’π’š 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π‘¬π’™π’‘π’“π’†π’”π’”π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 (𝑬𝑢𝑰) π’‡π’“π’π’Ž 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’–π’”π’Šπ’π’†π’”π’” 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒔, π’„π’π’Žπ’‘π’‚π’π’Šπ’†π’”, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’†π’π’•π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’†π’” 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‚π’„π’’π’–π’Šπ’”π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇 π‘­π’“π’‚π’π’„π’‰π’Šπ’”π’† π‘Άπ’˜π’π’†π’“π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘ π‘Ήπ’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’•π’” π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π‘©π’‚π’π’ˆπ’π’‚π’…π’†π’”π’‰ π‘·π’“π’†π’Žπ’Šπ’†π’“ π‘³π’†π’‚π’ˆπ’–π’† 𝑻20 (𝑩𝑷𝑳𝑻20),” 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩π‘ͺ𝑩’𝒔 π’π’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’‚π’ π’”π’•π’‚π’•π’†π’Žπ’†π’π’•, 𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 π’ƒπ’š π‘ͺπ’“π’Šπ’„π’ƒπ’–π’›π’›.

The rights will be granted for five consecutive seasons (12th–16th), with ten potential franchise regions identified β€” Barishal, Chattogram, Cumilla, Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Noakhali, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Sylhet.

Mizanur Rahman: β€œWe Just Need More Time to Prepare”

In response to speculation about Barishal’s possible withdrawal, franchise owner Mizanur Rahman clarified that the team is not refusing participation but has requested additional time to organize finances and logistics.

β€œπ‘° 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏’𝒕 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 π’˜π’π’β€™π’• π’‘π’π’‚π’š π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑷𝑳,” π‘΄π’Šπ’›π’‚π’π’–π’“ π’†π’™π’‘π’π’‚π’Šπ’π’†π’…. β€œπ‘¨π’π’ 𝑰 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… π’Šπ’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’ π’•π’‰π’Šπ’” 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†, π’Šπ’• π’˜π’Šπ’π’ 𝒃𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’–π’π’• 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 π’•π’†π’‚π’Ž π’π’Šπ’Œπ’† 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’Šπ’‡ π’˜π’† π’˜π’π’“π’Œ 24 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒂 π’…π’‚π’š, π’Šπ’•β€™π’” π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’”π’”π’Šπ’ƒπ’π’† 𝒕𝒐 π’ˆπ’†π’• π’†π’—π’†π’“π’šπ’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’Šπ’ 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 π’Žπ’π’π’•π’‰.”

Mizanur further suggested that the BPL could be moved to April or May, allowing franchises to adequately prepare. β€œWe’ve always supported the tournament and don’t want to miss out, but doing it just for the sake of it wouldn’t be right,” he added.

Addressing questions about Tamim Iqbal’s availability, Mizanur dismissed rumors that the former Bangladesh captain would skip the BPL due to his ongoing issues with the new BCB president, Aminul Islam.

β€œπ‘° 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆’𝒔 π’‚π’π’š π’Šπ’”π’”π’–π’† π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ π‘»π’‚π’Žπ’Šπ’Ž. 𝑰𝒇 π‘©π’‚π’“π’Šπ’”π’‰π’‚π’ π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’”, 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 π’‘π’†π’“π’”π’π’π’‚π’π’π’š 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‰π’Šπ’Ž 𝒕𝒐 π’‹π’π’Šπ’, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† 𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’Šπ’π’ π’‘π’π’‚π’š,” π‘΄π’Šπ’›π’‚π’π’–π’“ 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅.

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