Shakib Al Hasan, the top all-rounder for Bangladesh, decried the Bangladesh Premier League’s failure to develop into one of the top T20 tournaments in the world. Shakib claimed that not enough effort had been put into making the BPL one of the most successful leagues two days before the start of the ninth edition.
The country’s customary club-based 50-over competition, the DPL, is better organised than the BPL, according to Shakib, who also added that he was unaware of the absence of DRS in the BPL.
“I don’t know why (there is no DRS) probably there is a budget crisis. I don’t see any reason why we don’t have DRS or a draft or auction before three months. Now a player will come and then will leave after one or two days. No one knows who will come and go when. The players did not get their outfits. I saw these in your news. The situation is very bad. I think our Dhaka Premier League (DPL) maybe is better than this (BPL) because they get time to prepare the team at least. They know what is happening in the team, so that they can prepare accordingly. If you see next year’s DPL everyone knows who is playing for which team. We don’t understand anything about BPL and it gets started after the match is played.”