No Bangladesh player in CPL this year
A total of 18 Bangladeshi players put their brand in the draft but no-one got a team to play the Caribbean Premier Group (CPL).
The CPL draft happened on July 24 and the franchisees revealed their team yesterday, including five overseas players.
Almost all of the franchisees however retained 3 players including foreign recruit from previous time, and so, chance was first slim that any Bangladesh person will get a team.
The tournament is scheduled to be played in Trinidad & Tobago between August 18 and September 10 nowadays, subject to the permission from the local government.
As a result of outbreak of coronavirus, the authority found just one venue for the eighth edition of the tournament.
This is the first time that no Bangladesh player got a team in the CPL since 2014-15 season. Shakib Al Hasan was the primary Bangladeshi player to play the tournament but still retains the record of the best bowling amount (4-0-6-6) in the history of the event.
Since he has been serving the ban imposed by ICC, Shakib this season could not put his name.
Within the last year, however, only 1 Bangladesh gamer Afif Hossain got a team but couldn’t play because of his International commitment.
