Players of BPL will be paid: BCB chief

After FICA CEO Tim May threatened to initiate legal action against the BCB and BPL franchises for failing to make full payments to players, Kamal said money would be given and there has been no complaints so far.

May had called the BCB "amateurish" and questioned the "integrity of people involved in the leadership of Bangladesh cricket". Kamal said the comments were uncalled for.

"The statement is very unfortunate. I have said it repeatedly that it is BCB's obligation that if any player is unpaid, the board will make the payments. I am reassuring that not a single player will go unpaid," Kamal told 'Daily Star'.

"The impression we have from talking to the six franchises is that most of the payments have been disbursed. But there may still be one or two cases of unpaid wages. We have said it before and I will repeat it now: the BCB will pay the foreign players if the franchises don't," he added.

According to the BCB, out of the USD 2.77 million, the unpaid money is around USD 305,000.

"We have said it before and I will repeat it now: the BCB will pay the foreign players if the franchises don't," Kamal said.

"The governing council has recommended to the BCB that, as guarantor, the board should clear the outstanding payments and the process should be initiated immediately," the BCB said. MORE