Bangladesh Cricket Board is struggling to recover the full amount of money from the sponsors of the participating teams in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20, informed a BPL governing council official to the media Wednesday.
Following a long dispute with the franchise owners of the previous editions, BCB had come up with a plan to organize the seven-team tournament on their own, and assign different business houses to each team as sponsor.
“We have not received full amount from our sponsors yet, but we are confident that they will pay us off in coming days as they cannot run away from us,” said BPL GC member Ismail Haider Mallick.
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Jamuna Bank and Premier Bank were sponsors of Dhaka Platoon and Khulna Tigers respectively, while Akhtar Furnishers backed Chattogram Challengers in the special edition of the BPL.
Controversial Sylhet Thunder were sponsored by Jivani Footwear Company, while champion Rajshahi Royals were sponsored by IPC.
Incepta Pharmaceutical was introduced as sponsor of Rangpur Rangers just a day before the start of the tournament.
Cumilla Warriors were the only team run solely by the BCB.
