IPL 2025: Why no Bangladeshi cricketers are playing this season?
13 Bangladeshi cricketers had registered their names for the IPL Auction 2025, and none were picked.
BCB Director Fahim urges Bangladesh to learn from Afghanistan
The BCB director Nazmul Abedin Fahim claimed that Bangladesh's cricketers were average and did not deserve to play in a big league like the IPL. Moreover, he was seemingly sad about the current state of affairs in Bangladesh cricket. He felt the need for Bangladeshi players to get better and follow Afghanistan's model of success, as players from the fellow South Asian country have seen an increase in the number of their players in the league.
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"Personally, I am sad. Our quality is very average. If we get a place on the global stage, we deserve it, and if we don't, we don't deserve it. We cannot force our players to play in franchise leagues. If they have the ability and capacity, they will be selected," Fahim said as per the Daily Star.
"We had a chance last year, but we lost it. We feel that we need to capitalise on the opportunities. The number of players from Afghanistan is increasing in the IPL while we are going in the opposite direction," the BCB director concluded.
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