BPL auction to proceed without excluded group

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Sunday (November 30) that it has been cleared to conduct the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) auction without the excluded players, after the High Court of Bangladesh summarily dismissed three writ petitions challenging their omission.

Nine cricketers—including several with national-team experience—had challenged their exclusion from the player auction list for the 12th edition of the BPL. The BPL Governing Council had barred the players in connection with fixing-related issues.

"Three writ petitions were filed challenging the decision of exclusion of nine cricketers, including players who have represented the national cricket team in the past, from the players' auction list of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 12th Edition and seeking direction to include their names," the BCB said in a statement on Sunday.

After hearing arguments from the petitioners' lawyer and the BCB's counsel, a Division Bench of the High Court Division rejected the petitions through an order dated 30 November 2025. As a result, the BPL 12 auction will proceed without the nine players.

"They had filed three writ petitions and I represented the BCB during the hearing, and in the end the High Court dismissed them," Barrister Mahin M Rahman told Cricbuzz after the verdict.

"So the auction will go ahead, without the nine players that were excluded from the draft list," he added.