Finally, Pakistan Cricket Board has declined to allow its player to play in Bangladesh
Premier League (BPL) 2013. PCB has not issued No Objection Certificate (NOC) to
the Pakistani cricketers to play in BPL. BPL 2nd Edition will be
ahead without any Pakistani Players. PCB’s spokesman Subhan Ahmed told BCB that
no Pakistani player has issued NOC until BCB gave them a confirmation and a
schedule for Bangladesh tour of Pakistan.
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| Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) |
51 Pakistani players have signed the contracts to play in
BPL 2013, but not a single player is going to represent in BPL this year. However,
Pakistani players are more popular in Bangladesh but PCB has pulled out its
player from Bangladesh domestic T20 tournament. These players include Shahid
Afridi, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Nazir, Umar Akmal, Ahmed
Shehzad and others.
PCB also said that if any board wants to approach players,
it should approach their parent board and seek for their approval. They didn’t tell
PCB about the tournaments condition and seek permission at the very last
moment. It is embarrassment when boards are bypassed and players are approached
directly, the PCB said.
A spokesman for the PCB said:
“We have no report from Bangladesh about their plan to tour
Pakistan before the start of the league and we have not yet taken any decision
whether to release the players for the league or not,”
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| Imran Nazir playing BPL 2012 |
Pakistan was focusing towards the Bangladesh tour to
Pakistan to play a T20 and an ODI this month which would be its first international
game since 2009. But the BCB has cancelled the tour saying that Pakistan is not
safe for their players. BCB has decided to send its security team to Pakistan
to have a report about security, and sought more days from PCB. But till
Tuesday, there was no development in this area.
the BCB chief said:
“Now we have decided that
BPL would go ahead without Pakistani players. With the competition just two
days away, they backed out. This is an unexpected and uncalled-for situation.
The second edition of the BPL is a challenge for us. We have also communicated
with all 7 franchises and have told them to choose replacements”
PCB has desperately been making efforts to convince an
international cricket team to organize a successful tour in Pakistan. Pakistan
has not played any international cricket in their home since the militant attack
on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team in March 2009. It has been playing its home tour
on a neutral venue and has been doing many efforts to arrange a tour at home.
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