Among the existing seven franchises in BPL, Khulna Tigers, Comilla Victorians, Rangpur Riders and Fortune Barishal do not have any home venue.
Khulna already has an international venue, Comilla may adopt the stadium in Cox’s Bazar as their home venue, Barisal may move to the renovated Sarniabat Stadium leaving Rangpur, which will choose Fatullah or Bogura Stadium as their home. can choose from.
However, this mix and match of franchises and venues is futile unless BCB decides to open up its coffers to bear the increased production cost.
As per BCB’s own previous statements, the board is not short of funds. Cricket is also popular all over the country. People from outside Dhaka and Chattogram are hungry for top quality cricket action and will surely flock to the venue to support their team, just like the people of Sylhet are doing now.
But for that to happen, BCB needs to bet on BPL. Which doesn’t seem possible at the moment.