Bangladesh Cricket Board are ready to give the No Objection Certificate to Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah to take part in the Pakistan Super League since the tournament doesn’t clash with the upcoming Bangabandhu T20 tournament.
Lahore Qalanders have picked Tamim to replace Chris Lynn while Multan Sultans will be without Moeen Ali, and have replaced him with Mahmudullah.
Earlier, the BCB had decided bot to give the NOC to Bangladeshi cricketers for the Lanka Premier League as it was clashing with the upcoming domestic competition. Pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman can consider himself unlucky as BCB denied him the NOC for the ongoing 13th edition of the Indian Premier League due to his obligations with the national side, who were then preparing for the Sri Lanka tour that eventually got postponed.
The duo can call them fortunate considering the upcoming Bangabandhu T20 tournament is expected to start from the third week of November instead of mid-November as initially planned.
“We will give them NOC as the PSL is not clashing with our domestic T20 tournament,” BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan told Cricbuzz on Monday (November 2). “We had planned to host the upcoming T20 tournament from mid November but now as we are planning to host it from the third week of November, they can go ahead and play in PSL,” he added.
Though they are expected to go and play in the PSL, BCB will have to seek special clearance from the government for them to reduce quarantine period upon thier return so that they can take part in the domestic tournament,like the board did for their foreign coaches earlier .
On November 14, table-toppers Multan Sultan will take on Karachi Kings in the first qualifier, followed by the eliminator clash between Lahore Qalandar and Peshawar Zalmi. The second eliminator will be held on November 15, and the final on November 17.
