The overseas players of Durbar were not happy with the non-payment of dues © BCB The technical committee of the Bangladesh Premier League announced on Sunday (January 26) that Durbar Rajshahi will play against Rangpur Riders without any foreign cricketers under special consideration. Overseas players of Rajshahi refused to come out to the field of play against Rangpur Riders in Dhaka on Sunday due to the payment dispute. “The Durbar Rajshahi team, currently competing in the 2025 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20, has applied to the BPL Technical Committee for special approval to field a team consisting solely of Bangladeshi players for today’s match against Rangpur Riders due to the non-availability of overseas players,” BCB said in a statement. “After a review of the request and in accordance with the provisions outlined in Clause 1.2.8 of the Match Playing Conditions of BPL 2024-25, the Technical Committee has granted approval for Durbar Rajshahi to field a team consisting of only Bangladeshi players for this match,” it added. Durbar Rajshahi picked Ryan Burl, Mohammad Haris, Mark Deyal, Miguel Cummins, Aftab Alam and Lahiru Samarakoon as their overseas cricketers. Durbar became the first team to beat Rangpur in this season’s BPL while Burl earned the player of the match award, courtesy his four-wicket haul against Riders. BPL’s rule says that a team must field a minimum of two minimum overseas players in this season’s matches. The BCB have mentioned the following in the BPL players’ draft rulebook and general guidelines: “Franchise must include minimum two (02) and maximum four (04) Overseas Players in its playing XI on the field of play in any match all the time in relation to 11th edition/season of BPL T20. Earlier, during the season Durbar’s players had boycotted practice sessionsdue to non-payment of fees.
