Cricket: BCB still to clear Shakib, Tamim for IPL

Top Bangladeshi players not yet cleared to play in the IPL.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are yet to make a decision on Shakibal Hasan and Tamim Iqbal’s participation in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The tournament, which is scheduled between April 3 and May 26, clashes with Bangladesh’s tour to Zimbabwe – April 13 to May 12, according to ESPNcricinfo. The BCB will take a call after discussion with the team management. Shakib and Tamim, who play for Kolkata Knight Riders and Pune Warriors respectively, will be able to play four matches for their franchise before and after the tour as long as they are given a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from the board to participate in the IPL. “We are yet to take a decision on it (issuing the NOC),” BCB’s acting CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told ESPNcricinfo. “The board will take a call after speaking to the team management.”

Published in The Express Tribune, March 5^th, 2013.