BPL-2 General Discussion

[simon]

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[roman]

BCB finally showing some guts. Gave PCB an ultimatum according to banglanews24.com

After a long time I am really feeling proud of my BCB

[One World]

From FB Status of Bangladesh Cricket Team:

ব্রেকিং নিউজঃ পাকিস্তান ক্রিকেট বোর্ডকে আগামীকাল সকাল ১০টা পর্যন্ত সময় দিয়েছে বিসিবি। এ সময়ের মধ্যে যদি তারা তাদের ক্রিকেটারদের বিপিএলে আসা নিয়ে ধোয়াশা ক্লিয়ার না করে তাহলে পাকিস্তানি ক্রিকেটারদের ছাড়াই বিপিএল অনুষ্ঠিত হবে।

Good riddance.

[Shubho]

Now we're talking. Way to show some backbone (for once), BCB!

[Rabz]

Good to see BCB doing the right thing, finally.
With only 2 days remaining, you need to get rid of all these uncertainties.
A simple Yes or No would do it.

PCB has very little choice.
Bangladesh still remains the only country who are willing to and have the realistic chance of traveling to pakistan within this year.
They mess it up and it will be their loss, not ours.

[deshimon]

Good decision taken by BCB. We don't have enough time to watch the drama of Pakistan Cricket Board. BCB gave them a lot of time to decide. If PCB think without their players BCB cannot organise BPL, it will be a big mistake of PCB. Even their players would lose lot of money which they could earn playing in BPL.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Good to see BCB doing the right thing, finally.
With only 2 days remaining, you need to get rid of all these uncertainties.
A simple Yes or No would do it.

PCB has very little choice.
Bangladesh still remains the only country who are willing to and have the realistic chance of traveling to pakistan within this year.
They mess it up and it will be their loss, not ours.

I don't see this as a good decision. How the teams can arrange players in two days. This decision should have been taken 7 days before.... Now, still BCB isn't deciding anything, they have left it on PCB to give/reject NOC for Pak players...so basically BCB hasn't taken any decision yet....

[Ajfar]

This is a terrible decision. How are teams suppose to find foreign players in 2 days? Where were they all this time?

[Shubho]

BANFAN and Ajfar are right in that this ultimatum should have been made much earlier, thereby allowing the BPL franchises a little more time to get other foreign recruits.

But late or not, this decision had to be taken. Are we supposed to wait until the day of the tournament (or even well into the tournament) for the Paxitanians to be cleared to play by their Board?

I'd also say that some of the BPL franchises should not have relied so heavily on Pakistani players, particularly the no-name ones. I don't understand why thought they needed to hire six or seven Pak players apiece. The Bangladeshi public don't give an indurer poshchad about 80% of the Pak players that have been bought, so why'd they throw all their eggs in one basket? How these franchise owners became successful businessmen beats me.

[Rabz]

Banfan and Ajfar, I'm sure BCB has taken the decision in consultation with the franchisee owners.
Unless they have a back up plan, they shouldn't have given the ultimatum.

What is that Plan B ?
I dont know. Guess we will have to find out tomorrow after the deadline, if PCB refuses to issue NOC.

[ReZ_1]

^^ The pakistani players are only the ones available who are considered to be best playing against the spinners, or more suited playing in sub-continent. to my knowledge no indians and most of the srilankans did not show any interest. also hardly some of the top rated aus, wi and eng did show their interest with high base price. and there are always the x factor for the pakistanis from the local audience. They are also cheap in price.They are more or less a cheap and reliable investment to the business. during the auction there were no such debate about their availability. These are some of the reasons why the franchisers were lured to take the Pakistanis.

[Abirz]

Originally Posted by Shubho
BANFAN and Ajfar are right in that this ultimatum should have been made much earlier, thereby allowing the BPL franchises a little more time to get other foreign recruits.

But late or not, this decision had to be taken. Are we supposed to wait until the day of the tournament (or even well into the tournament) for the Paxitanians to be cleared to play by their Board?

I'd also say that some of the BPL franchises should not have relied so heavily on Pakistani players, particularly the no-name ones. I don't understand why thought they needed to hire six or seven Pak players apiece. The Bangladeshi public don't give an indurer poshchad about 80% of the Pak players that have been bought, so why'd they throw all their eggs in one basket? How these franchise owners became successful businessmen beats me.

I think a lot of bangladeshis were excited to see Pak players in BPL again including myself, some of them like Ahmed Shehzad were crucial players in the teams lineup.

There's a huge market for Pak players in Bangladesh, which the businessmen know

[Shubho]

Really?????

Are we talking about the same players?

Bilawal Bhatti?
Anwar Ali?
Saeed Anwar Jr?
Raja Ali Dar?
Sharjeel Khan?

Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi...ok, I understand that the public wants to see them. But at least two thirds of the Pak recruits are from the category I highlighted above. I'm sorry, but I am too proud a Bangladeshi to want the likes of a Sharjeel Khan to take away a spot of a local cricketer...even Md Ashraful.

[Rabz]

- Pay the foreign players 25%, as contracted, without delay.(Deadline tomorrow anyway)

-Pay half (or even 75% in some cases) of the contract money up front and bring in some new overseas players.

- Use the current overseas players to network and convince some of their compatriots to come in BPL.

- Those replacements can arrive within a week. In the meatime, start with the available players.
The show must go on.

Money talks. A good 60-80K for a month's work is very lucrative for many players. Just have ensure the payment issue.

[AsifTheManRahman]

10 AM what time? BT? PT? Kichui hobe na, BCB will keep extending the deadline until the last minute, like it did with the player payments.

[MohammedC]

[Shubho]

Benefits of no Pak players in BPL 2:
1. No match fixing
2. No spot fixing
3. No ball tampering
4. No doping
5. No Urdu speaking
6. No cowing to PCB and Joker Ashraf
7. No tour to Paxitania

[Murad]

If they dont come this year then none of the franchises will buy them for bpl3.

All of them will be unsold at the auction.

[Equinox]

^They should be barred from the auction for the next three editions at least if they don't participate this year. Also DPL clubs should be forbidden to recruit any Pakistanis. And this tour should once and for all be cancelled definitively. That'll teach them a lesson.

[reverse_swing]

PCB plays the BPL card finally

No confirmation of players arriving, tournament could be delayed

After keeping Bangladesh waiting for days Pakistan has finally played its Bangladesh Premier League card on Tuesday confirming that it is unable to send its players for the Twenty20 tournament.
The decision puts the future of the tournament in doubt as it left some of the franchisees without even eleven players to form a team.

It was assumed that Pakistan Cricket Board would release at least some players who are not under contract with them, but PCB chairman indicated that there is a chance no one would be coming.

A desperate franchisee official contacted directly with Zaka Ashraf using his personal relationship with the grudging cricket administrator, but only got a negative reply from him.
Unless Bangladesh announces a confirmed date Zaka said they will not release any player. Bangladesh on Monday told Pakistan that they will send a security delegation to see if the national team can tour to their troubled country, but it seems the PCB is not satisfied with this mere promise.
Pakistan’s position was cleared once some players refused to confirm their arrival timing despite the franchisees sending them air tickets.
One franchisee said it will be difficult for them to field a team at the moment if Pakistanis do not come.

The Pakistani players are not the only headache for the BPL governing council as the member secretary admitted that they have failed to make a proper preparation for the cash-rich tournament.
‘I admit that we could not complete the preparation yet,’ said BPL secretary Mallick. ‘It is because most of our time were consumed clearing the payments of the first edition,’ said Mallick.
The mismanagement was evident in picking up a bank for ticket selling which could not be started even on Wednesday. Mallick admitted that at least four banks have backed out and hoped United Commercial Bank Limited would to the job for them finally.
‘The Banks are not prepared to sell the tickets due to security reasons as four banks have backed out,’ said Mallick. ‘We are hopeful UCBL will sell the tickets from tomorrow,’ he added.

http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=...1-16&nid=36915

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Banfan and Ajfar, I'm sure BCB has taken the decision in consultation with the franchisee owners.
Unless they have a back up plan, they shouldn't have given the ultimatum.

What is that Plan B ?
I dont know. Guess we will have to find out tomorrow after the deadline, if PCB refuses to issue NOC.

Razz bhai, if they had any plan B, then they wouldn't have any problem. But as we all know, these BD administrators, at any level, never have a plan B, already you see in the news report above, some are desperately calling Zaka...

2/3 days before the BB owner gave an interview, he was asked this question, and he said, that, no we aren't yet trying to replace any player, but waiting for BCB's instruction, they will tell us how the Pak players will be replaced etc... But off course, he said that we aren't so much dependants on the Pak player, we will be able to field a team. But that's not the case with every team. Even if 1 team fails to put up a decent team, the tournament might have to be delayed. That will be a face-palm moment for the nation and BPL...

So BCB is really playing a fool here. It's not easy to contract a player overseas and get him to fly and join the team in 2 days. 7 days is minimum and it's also very difficult...so BCB IMO, should have been more decisive in this situation and allowed the teams to prepare early.. Teams can't just start collecting players at their own accord if they aren't told by the BPL committee.. And commitment made with a foreign player just can't be broken .. That will make problems even it future...so, BCB's instruction was a necessity.

BCB is completely responsible for this mess. I just hope that, somehow the teams can manage 11 players and the tournament starts in time. But may be some teams will have to play without their complete quota of foreign players ..which is going to affect their results and overall standards of BPL..

[reyme]

There is no shame delaying the tournament by 2 weeks. Based on the current overall situation that is the prudent thing to do.

[Shubho]

I think it would indeed be shameful if we were to postpone the tournament due to the unavailability of Paxitanian players. What are we? A client board of the PCB? Or worse, a client state of Paxitania? Our tournament can't be held hostage to the whims of the PCB and/or Joka Ashraf.

[Moriarty]

well I hope you guys have a good tournament regardless of our players.

[BengaliPagol]

This is so disorganised.

I agree just delay the tournament for 2 weeks. Their is no shame. Just get more foreigners into the comp, pay off the salaries, fix up the squads and we will be ready to rock and roll at full flight.