Pakistani players wait for payments from BPL franchises

[Dance]

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LAHORE: The Pakistani cricketers who took part in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League are still waiting for their dues to be cleared by the Twenty20 tournament’s organizers.

One of the leading players confirmed that until now, most of the players had only received 25 per cent of the total amount due to them from their franchises.

"We are still waiting for something to happen. The point is that because we also have to look at our livelihood for the future there is nothing much we can do except to keep on reminding the Bangladesh Cricket Board and respective franchises to clear the dues," he said.

Another player confirmed that the franchises were bound to clear the total dues of their overseas players 40 days after the completion of the BPL that ended on February 29 in Dhaka.

"That deadline has passed without anything happening. The only payment we got so far as 25 percent of the total dues and that too at the fag end of the competition when the foreign players all got together and protested they were virtually playing for free and had not been paid anything," the player, who declined to be named, said.

He said the foreign players were told by their franchises that as per their contractual obligations, they would get 25 per cent payment before the start of the tournament, another 25 per cent in the middle and the rest after the event.

"What happened was that most of the foreign players with a few exceptions had got no payments at all until the fag end of the event and the 25 per cent was only paid after the foreign players got together and held a meeting with a senior official of the BPL and conveyed their strong resentment over the delay in payments," the player recalled.

"The one reason we are being patient is that as per our contracts the BCB has underwritten that it would be responsible for clearing all payments if the franchises didn’t make the payments directly to their respective foreign signings."

Pakistani players signed up for different franchises in the BPL for amounts ranging from $25,000 to $500,000.

The player conceded that some top stars had only agreed to play after getting 50 per cent of their payments before their matches.

"The good thing is that the international federation of players has also got into the matter and is in touch with the BCB and franchises to release the payments soon.

ONLINE - International News Network

[Raja.Pakistani]

Dance what is this obsession with Bangladesh lol

[jaunty]

Dance what is this obsession with Bangladesh lol

lol Dance is on a mission

btw why are they not getting paid?

[Raja.Pakistani]

lol Dance is on a mission

btw why are they not getting paid?

I don't think its just Pakistani players ..some players from others countries are also waiting for payment and hopefuly they will get it soon and no need to make fun of Bangladesh for this as they have given this opportunities to these players to earn some rozi roti and BPL is not running away or refused to give the payments

But its better if wages of labour is paid before his sweat get dry

[Dance]

Dance what is this obsession with Bangladesh lol

I'm just posting the news dude. Plus BCB should be exposed after what they have done.

I'm not "obsessed" with Bangladesh

[Raja.Pakistani]

I'm just posting the news dude. Plus BCB should be exposed after what they have done.

I'm not "obsessed" with Bangladesh

This has been posted so many times in different threads about Bangladesh going on here. It seem like this section has become Bangladeshi cricket forum lol

[Dance]

This has been posted so many times in different threads about Bangladesh going on here. It seem like this section has become Bangladeshi cricket forum lol

After the way BCB has acted, its natural a lot of people are mad

[Raja.Pakistani]

After the way BCB has acted, its natural a lot of people are mad

so was i but no need to keep a grudge as we will not get anything out of it

[HappinessMark!]

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I don't think its just Pakistani players ..some players from others countries are also waiting for payment and hopefuly they will get it soon and no need to make fun of Bangladesh for this as they have given this opportunities to these players to earn some rozi roti and BPL is not running away or refused to give the payments

But its better if wages of labour is paid before his sweat get dry

Fully agree!