The Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) has formally written to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) seeking an explanation for the exclusion of several players from the 2025-26 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) auction list.

The players' auction returned to the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after 12 years yesterday and its comeback was not without surprises as top-order batter Mohammad Naim fetched the highest price among all local players and some young up-and-comers earned bigger bucks than the veterans.

The BPL returned to auction system after a gap of 12 years with Naim Sheikh snapped up for the highest price amongst local players.

The High Court has cleared the way for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 12 players’ auction to go ahead as scheduled today, rejecting three writ petitions that challenged the exclusion of nine cricketers from the auction list.

Auctions in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), and the number 12, seem to have some sort of numeric connection.

The players’ auction for the 12th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is set to take place today at a city hotel in Dhaka, where over 400 Bangladeshi and overseas cricketers will go under the hammer, and six franchises will bid for their desired recruits.