“Matter of regret and shame”- BPL team Durbar Rajshahi's bus driver locks up players' kit bags over pending dues-Report

Rajshahi Durbar's foreign players have reached out to management for payments, but got no response.

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Durbar Rajshahi, a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL 2025) franchise, has emerged as the current cricket hot topic. According to reports, the franchise has yet to pay the fees of its foreign players and personnel.

Shafiq Rahman, the owner of Rajshahi, had indicated that tickets for foreign players' return to their respective countries had been arranged. However, due to a failure to collect dues, many major personalities have been left stranded at the team hotel in Dhaka.

According to a report on Cricbuzz, the franchise’s foreign players tried contacting the Rajshahi team management for payment but got no response.

Mohammad Haris (Pakistan), Aftab Alam (Afghanistan), Mark Deyal (West Indies), Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe), and Miguel Cummins (West Indies) are all waiting for some portion of their payments.

"While the team owners promised that they would clear the payment, several local cricketers of Durbar Rajshahi camp checked out from the hotel room without getting their due payment," stated the Cricbuzz report.

To add to their woes, Durbar Rajshahi got into another trouble when the franchise forgot to pay its bus driver, who had been carrying the squad across the country throughout the tournament.

To make the franchise recognize its error, the bus driver took matters into his own hands and locked the kit bags and belongings of all Rajshahi players inside the bus. He further indicated that players will only receive their kit bags once their outstanding debts have been paid.

"It's a matter of regret and shame. If they had paid us, we would have given back the kit bag to the players. Till now, I have not opened my mouth but now I am saying that we can leave if they clear our payment.

The kit bags of local and foreign cricketers are there in the bus but I cannot give them as a large portion of our remuneration is yet not paid,” Mohammad Babul, bus driver of Rajshahi, told reporters in front of the team hotel.

Talking about the team, Durbar Rajshahi had a forgettable outing in BPL 2025 as they failed to reach the Playoffs. They finished in the fifth spot with only six victories out of 12 matches.

 
 

By Jatin Sharma - 03 Feb, 2025

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