Cricket-BCB charges player, officials in anti-corruption probe into Bangladesh Premier League

The BCB's integrity unit had ⁠flagged "credible suspicion" ⁠and questioned players and staff of multiple franchises during the month-long competition, the national body said in ‌January.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has ​charged multiple team officials ​and a domestic cricketer ‌over betting ​violations and obstruction in an anti-corruption probe into the Bangladesh Premier League, the country's ‌major franchise-based Twenty20 competition. Player Amit Mojumder and team manager Rezwan Kabir Siddique have been charged with "placing, accepting, laying or otherwise entering into ‌bets" in relation to matches, the BCB said on Thursday, after ‌an investigation conducted by its integrity unit.

Towhidul Haque Towhid, former chairman of the Noakhali Express franchise, and Chattogram Royals team manager Lablur Rahman have been ⁠charged ​with obstructing the ⁠investigation into the BPL's 2025-26 season which concluded in January. "The charged Participants have ⁠been provisionally suspended and have 14 days from receipt of the notices ​of charge to respond to the allegations," the BCB said ⁠in a statement.

Saminur Rahman, who was associated with the Chattogram Royals franchise, has ⁠also ​been issued an exclusion order following an investigation into the previous three editions of the BPL, the BCB said, adding ⁠that Rahman had accepted the exclusion order. The BCB's integrity unit had ⁠flagged "credible suspicion" ⁠and questioned players and staff of multiple franchises during the month-long competition, the national body said in ‌January.