'BPL must improve standards to draw foreign cricketers' — Lisa Sthalekar

World Cricketers' Association president Lisa Sthalekar says the Bangladesh Premier League won't attract overseas talent unless it fixes two things: payment delays and the quality of the competition itself. She made the call after a global T20 league assessment ranked the BPL dead last.

The assessment flagged exactly what Sthalekar's pushing on — players aren't getting paid on time, and the league doesn't stack up against other T20 franchises around the world. Higher standards would change that calculus for foreign cricketers considering where to play.

Bangladesh is trying to strengthen its domestic T20 circuit, but the BCB and the newly formed Cricket Welfare Association of Bangladesh haven't publicly responded yet. More meetings are expected in the coming weeks.