Ismail Haider Mallik, member secretary of the BPL Governing Council, told reporters on Monday, “As far as foreigners are concerned, you know that Indian franchises have taken teams in the South African League, UAE League. Most of the foreign players have been contracted there. We are also not able to postpone the BPL because of the busyness of the national team. We will not have an obligation to register foreign players. I’ll keep it open. Suppose someone comes and plays for three days, another person can come in his place. What else is there to think like that? ‘

In the upcoming edition, the franchises will be able to sign as many foreign cricketers as they want and take them to the team at any time. However, a maximum of four and at least two foreigners will have to play in the XI. Ismail Haider Mallik also said, “We do not want to keep any limitation in the case of foreign cricketers. Apart from the IPL, many tournaments are now overlapping. So it is difficult to get a foreign cricketer now. ‘

At the same time, the question of why the BPL should be done has also been raised in the country’s cricket arena. The BPL member secretary also replied, “Many people are saying, why am I doing the tournament at this time? But in fact, the way the commitments of the Bangladesh national team are, it is not possible to postpone it. We will have to face this situation next year and the next year as well. From then on, there will be no more problems, maybe we can bring the tournament a little ahead and do it at a better time. ‘