Chittagong Kings to move court

Just two hours to the first semi-final on Tuesday, Chittagong Kings said they will move the court against the BPL's decision to allow Barisal Burners to play Duronto Rajshahi in the second semi-final. "We're taking legal steps. Our representative has already been sent to the court," Samir Quader Chowdhury, CEO of SQ Sports, which owns the Kings, told a media conference at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel around 11:30am. "We've been dropped in defiance of the bylaws. The rule was fixed by mixing the sub-clauses 1 and 2 of clause 21 (8). But a rule can't be made by taking some parts of different sub-clauses," he added. Though Chittagong Kings had beaten Dhaka Gladiators, Samir said, nothing was said about this in the rule. "Rather, the Gladiators were moved into the semi-finals as they have beaten two teams," he said. "And then," he added, "We have been dropped by considering the head-to-head run rate of the match we played against the Burners." Coach Khaled Mahmud and manager Nasir Ahmed were present there. Shafiqul Haque Heera and Faruque Ahmed, the managers of semi-finalists Dhaka Gladiators and Duronto Rajshahi, respectively, and Khulna Royal Bengals media manager Jahid Razzaq Masum were also present in the conference. Dhaka's Heera said his team will support the Kings if they were thrown out illegally. Faruque of Rajshahi said they will also back the Kings if they were dropped unlawfully. He, however, added they are not abandoning the first semi-final against the Burners at 2pm.