Bangladesh's premier T20 competition, the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), will not be held this year as the troubled tournament undergoes an overhaul, the national board chief said Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The BPL will not happen this year," Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Tamim Iqbal told reporters, saying some franchises had breached rules and regulations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The board was also dealing with unpaid dues and bank guarantee issues, with the BCB having suffered losses of around $3.3 million from the BPL over the past two years, according to Tamim.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"The BPL is a great product and there is a lot of interest in it. If we can do it properly, the interest will increase even more," Tamim said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"BCB is supposed to make a profit from franchise cricket, not a loss. So until we fix this, holding a tournament at a loss is not important," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Our intention is 1,000 percent to host BPL. But I do not want to rush. I want to do it properly; if it takes six months or 12 months, I will take that time," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tamim, who was recently appointed chairman of the International Cricket Council's newly formed Franchise League Committee, said Bangladesh's own experience with the BPL made the overhaul particularly important.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"If franchise cricket does not run properly in my country, then stopping it, and rebuilding it, will be a big message for my committee," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Tamim was speaking at the launch of the Game Development (GD) Trophy, a new tournament featuring Bangladesh's under-17, under-19 and under-23 teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The board has started communicating with existing franchises and plans to complete the franchise process by April or May next year, giving it time to seek alternatives should a team default.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also said the board was open to foreign franchises.
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