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Key Takeaways
- 1📊 BCB integrity unit cites credible suspicion during BPL 2026
- 2🏆 No player charged yet but phones of officials have been seized
- 3💡 Overseas players questioned as witnesses on deals and payments
- 4🔮 Stricter scrutiny could reshape how BPL teams operate off the field
"It has questioned players and seized mobile phones of franchise officials but hasn't found anyone guilty so far"
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has quietly turned up the heat during the ongoing BPL 2026, with its integrity unit confirming “credible suspicion” and launching a series of firm, behind-the-scenes checks that have already put franchises and players on alert.
Zero-tolerance glare on BPL under the scanner
The integrity unit, operating under the ICC’s global framework, has moved into action mode this season – questioning players, scrutinising recruitment trails and contractual terms, and even seizing mobile phones of some franchise officials. So far, no player has been formally charged or placed under active investigation, but the message is unmistakable: the BPL is being watched closely.
Several overseas players have been called in privately as witnesses, not as accused, to verify how they were approached, signed and paid. These one-on-one sittings are confidential by design, more preventive than punitive, aimed at spotting dodgy patterns before they explode into full-blown scandal.
For Indian fans used to seeing the IPL’s anti-corruption protocols in action, this feels like the BCB’s version of tightening the screws. The board is clearly keen to protect a league that has often flirted with controversy, signalling that any whiff of fixing, dodgy intermediaries or suspect money trails will be met with firm pushback.
With the business end of BPL 2026 approaching, this integrity overhang adds a tense sub-plot. Franchises will now know that everything – from WhatsApp chats to last-minute signings – could be under the microscope, and that could be the deterrent the BPL badly needs.
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