Bangladesh's Tour of India in Doubt as Players Go on Strike

Dhaka, October 21, 2019:

Bangladesh's upcoming tour of India is now in doubt as the players of the national side announced that they will not take part in any cricketing activities unless a 11-point demand made to the Bangladesh cricket board is met.

This also means they will not partake in the ongoing National Cricket League season, as well as the upcoming camp for the tour of India.

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Shakib Al Hasan says Bangladesh players will not participate in cricketing activities unless their 11-point demand is met by the BCB. Their India tour is scheduled to start on November 3.

Some of their demands are as follows:

- Resignation of the current president and secretary of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) with immediate effect, after which the Bangladesh players will select who takes over the association.

- Dhaka Premier League, the domestic tournament in Bangladesh, should not have salary cap."

- BPL should be conducted in franchise-style, like it was before, instead of the revised BBL-type format and the local players should be paid on par with the foreign players.

- Better remuneration at the first-class level.

- An increase in the number of players in the central contract list and an increase in salaries.

- Tamim Iqbal also made a remuneration-related demand. He said: "We have to respect the local coaches, physios, trainers and groundsman. They get really a little amount of salary at the end of the month."

- To have more domestic cricket tournaments, besides the one 50-over event - the Dhaka Premier League - and the T20 tournament - the Bangladesh Premier League.

- The players have also called for a calendar for domestic cricket so they can prepare better.

- Uniformity in timing of payments made to the players for BPL and DPL. Ten teams in the DPL have paid their players on time, but the Brothers Union Club - a team in the DPL - have only cleared 40 percent of the fees due to their players.

- Players should be allowed to play more than two overseas franchise-based league.

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