
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|16-01-2026
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The earthquake in Bangladesh cricket seems to be subsiding at the moment. The players, who opened a protest against the statement of a senior official of Bangladesh Cricket Board, have finally ended their rebellion. Bangladesh Premier League, which was postponed due to players' boycott, is now going to start again. After discussions between the players and the board and action against the accused official, it was decided late on Thursday night to end the protest.
The league is expected to restart from Friday 16 January.The last 30-35 hours were very chaotic for the Bangladeshi board, which has already entered into a conflict with India and ICC regarding the T20 World Cup 2026. A controversial statement and then open rebellion by the players had put BCB in trouble. Engaged in trying to resolve the World Cup issue bangladeshi board These 30 hours were very turbulent for him, due to which he had to face embarrassment in front of the cricket world.
It started in the afternoon of January 14, when a BCB director created a ruckus with a statement.
In fact, during a press conference, Board Director Nazmul Islam was asked whether Bangladesh will suffer financial loss by not playing in the T20 World Cup? In response to this, Islam had said that there would be no impact on the board and only the players would not get their match fees. He further said that the board will not compensate the players because it has already spent crores on them and in return the team has not shown any great performance. He had even said that is the board demanding back those crores of rupees from the players?Immediately after this comment, on January 14, protests by Bangladesh players started. Players under Bangladesh Cricket Welfare Association (CWAB) threatened to boycott BPL matches. The players demanded the removal of Nazmul Islam from the board and if this did not happen, they threatened to protest against every tournament.
The Bangladeshi board, which was initially taking the protest lightly, got a shock on January 15 when it had to cancel one of its domestic tournament matches because the players revolted.
The board then issued a notice to Nazmul Ismal and ordered him to clarify his statement within 48 hours.But this did not work out and on January 15, under CWAB, senior players of Bangladesh boycotted BPL. This shocked the Bangladeshi board and Thursday's first match had to be postponed. after this . Under CWAB, senior players again reiterated their demand in a press conference.
After the players' press conference, the second match of the day also had to be suspended.
Seeing the situation getting out of control, the Bangladeshi board temporarily suspended the league. CWAB also demanded suspension of Nazmul for talks. The BCB was shocked and immediately removed Nazmul Islam from the post of Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board. However, he was retained as director until the investigation was completed.After discussions throughout the day and efforts to resolve the dispute, a reconciliation was finally reached between the board and the players late on Thursday night. After 30 hours of chaos and turmoil, at around 11:45 pm, CWAB President Mohammad Mithun and BCB's second director Iftekhar Rehman held a joint press conference. In this conference, the association announced to end its rebellion and said that they are ready to take the field for the betterment of cricket in the country.




