BCB ends Chittagong Kings’ BPL contract over unpaid dues

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has terminated its agreement with Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Chittagong Kings over long-standing unpaid dues, Bangladeshi media reported on Thursday.

According to reports, the BCB has also demanded USD 3.78 million (Tk 46 crore) from the team’s former owner, S.Q. Sports Enterprise Ltd., for repeated financial breaches dating back to the league’s first edition in 2012.

In an official statement, the BCB said: “SQ Sports Enterprise Ltd, the owner of the Chittagong Kings Team in the 1st, 2nd & 11th editions of the BPL T20 tournament, has persistently breached its legal and financial obligations related to the 1st (2012) and 2nd (2013) editions of the BPL T20 tournament.”

The board stated that despite multiple reminders and legal notices from 2013 to 2025 — including a Notice of Arbitration on May 7, 2013, and a Legal Notice on July 22, 2025 — the company failed to meet its contractual obligations. These included unpaid franchise fees, tax liabilities, and payments owed to players and team staff.

The BCB further revealed that it attempted to settle the dispute last September through a formal agreement, but the franchise’s owners “completely failed” to make any payment under the deal.

This latest action comes after franchise owner Sameer Quader Chowdhury publicly accused the BCB of being unwilling to resolve the issue. He also claimed that the cricket board was making the BPL “more controversial” and said he had all the documents to back his position.