Stranded, unpaid and unheard: Durbar Rajshahi foreign players left in the lurch

February 3, 2025

The foreign players and staff of Durbar Rajshahi are yet to get their payments.
The owner of Rajshahi, Shafiq Rahman, announced they have arranged tickets for the foreign cricketers to return to their respective countries.
Mohammad Haris (Pakistan), Aftab Alam (Afghanistan), Mark Deyal (West Indies), Ryan Burl (Zimbabwe) and Miguel Cummins (West Indies) are all waiting for some portion of their payments.
While a couple of them have been paid 25 percent of their respective dues, others haven't been paid at all.
BCB announced they would intervene and later NSC had already formed a fact finding committee to resolve player's payment issue but despite all the announcement it is understood that Durbar Rajshahi foreign cricketers are all set to leave Bangladesh without getting their due remuneration.
"I just spoke with Ryan Burl and others and they said that they are yet to receive their dues," said a BCB official. "I am in regular contact with Rajshahi's owner and he is just saying that he is trying to get it done. Just yesterday, Bangladesh's sports adviser (Asif Mahmud) had met him and asked to clear the dues as soon as possible and he had agreed.
"By February 7, players should have received 75 percent of their payment while the rest should be cleared by March 8. Unfortunately that is not the case with Rajshahi which is hugely embarrassing."
The team had already completed their travel, having moved from Dhaka to Sylhet, then to Chattogram, and back to Dhaka. Now, with no matches left in the tournament, the unresolved payment issue looms large.
"It's a matter of regret and shame. If they had paid us, we would have given back the kit bag to the players. Till now, I have not opened my mouth but now I am saying that we can leave if they clear our payment," Mohammad Babul, bus driver of Rajshahi, told reporters in front of the team hotel.
"The kit bags of local and foreign cricketers are there in the bus but I cannot give them as large portion of our remuneration is yet not paid."

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Stranded, unpaid and unheard: Durbar Rajshahi foreign players left in the lurch

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