{"id":372877,"date":"2026-01-16T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372877\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:38:10","slug":"bangladesh-cricket-crisis-bpl-to-resume-after-day-long-drama-as-sacked-bcb-director-najmul-islam-apologises-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372877\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh cricket crisis: BPL to resume after day-long drama as sacked BCB director Najmul Islam apologises | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BangladeshBangladesh cricketers (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh\u2019s cricketers are set to return to action in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2025\u201326 after a turbulent day that saw players boycott matches, force administrative action from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), and ultimately accept a public apology from controversial director Najmul Islam.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>The standoff ended late Thursday following a tripartite meeting involving the BCB and the Cricketers\u2019 Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), with players agreeing to resume participation from Friday after Najmul was stripped of his role as chairman of the board\u2019s finance committee and issued a public apology for his remarks. <\/p>\n

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The crisis erupted after Najmul made a series of incendiary comments earlier in the week. He labelled former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal<\/a> an \u201cIndian agent\u201d for suggesting dialogue between the two cricket boards to resolve the T20 World Cup venue deadlock triggered by Kolkata Knight Riders releasing Mustafizur Rahman<\/a> from IPL 2026 on BCCI instructions. Najmul further inflamed tensions by suggesting that the BCB owed players no compensation if they missed the T20 World Cup, pointing to the team\u2019s failure to win major trophies.The remarks drew sharp condemnation from players, who announced a boycott of all forms of cricket and demanded Najmul\u2019s removal from the board. The protest forced the postponement of the scheduled BPL match between Noakhali Express and Chattogram Royals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n

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CWAB president Mohammad Mithun said the players had been left with no choice. \u201cWe will only play after they meet our demands. Everything has a limit. He has crossed everything. I didn\u2019t find any respect for cricket from his words,\u201d Mithun told reporters in Dhaka. \u201cWe don\u2019t think he should remain in this position. As a cricket board director, what does he want to do?\u201dUnder mounting pressure, the BCB announced on Thursday that Najmul had been relieved of his responsibilities as finance committee chairman with immediate effect, citing the need to protect the smooth functioning of the board. Aminul Islam<\/a> has been appointed as his replacement, while the BCB president will act as interim chairman of the committee.In a statement, the board stressed that \u201cthe interests of the cricketers remain its highest priority\u201d and urged players to continue showing professionalism and dedication during a challenging period.The breakthrough came after Najmul issued a public apology, which CWAB agreed to accept. \u201cWe welcome the decision to remove Mr. Najmul Islam from the Finance Committee,\u201d Mithun said. \u201cSince he has publicly apologised and the formal process regarding his directorship is ongoing, we are ready to return to the field and resume playing.\u201dAs a result, the BPL will resume with revised dates, drawing a line under a dramatic 24 hours that brought Bangladesh cricket to a standstill before an uneasy truce restored order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bangladesh cricketers (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Bangladesh\u2019s cricketers are set to return to action in the ongoing Bangladesh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[137546,76816,137744,137745,1721,142105,142104,130586,142103,101,8051,138685,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-372877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-aminul-islam","tag-bangladesh-cricket-board","tag-bangladesh-premier-league","tag-bpl-2025-26","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-boycott","tag-cricketers-welfare-association-of-bangladesh","tag-mustafizur-rahman","tag-najmul-islam","tag-sports","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-tamim-iqbal","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}