Pay rise for Bangla players after strike
Dhaka, Oct. 28: Cricketers in Bangladesh’s main domestic league will see match payments almost double under a new deal that ended a player strike last week, the sport’s ruling body said on Monday.
Players in the top-tier of the National Cricket League will receive 60,000 taka ($705) instead of 35,000 taka per four-day match, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) statement said.
Other expenses were also increased as part of the deal, which ended a threeday strike started by players last week.
Payments for the secondtier of the competition were increased to 50,000 Taka. Players had demanded at least 100,000 taka per match when they called the strike.
The action was called off after the BCB accepted most of their demands. The strike had cast doubt on a tour of India starting November 3, but the national squad is now due to leave on Wednesday.
No legal action against
Shakib Meanwhile, Shakib Al Hasan is unlikely to face any legal action from the cricket board but Bangladesh’s Test and T20 captain will still have to reply to the showcause notice for violation of central contract clause, CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said.
Shakib had signed as the brand ambassador of country’s telecom major ‘Grameenphone’, which is a direct competitor of team’s sponsor ‘Robi’.
According to the central contract clause, this is a violation and an angry BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon had threatened legal action against country’s best player. However according to Bangladesh’s CEO Chowdhury has said that no legal action will be taken against Shakib.
“It’s an internal matter of the board and that’s why there is no need to take any legal action against Shakib. However he certainly has to explain why he signed an endorsement deal which is in violation of central contract,” BCB CEO has been quoted by country’s leading Bengali daily ‘Prothom Aalo’.
Earlier BCB president had lashed out the senior cricketer accusing him of causing financial loss to the cricket board by breaching the central contract clause. “We are going into legal action. We cannot spare anyone in this regard.”