"A lot of things happened since the last edition of BPL. But we've now decided to move on," said the tournament's secretary Ismail Haider. "We've decided to reorganise everything and hold the tournament in a low-key manner.

"At the moment we don't have any domestic Twenty20 tournament in our country. The BPL is our best option." Ashraful and four players and officials, including New Zealand batsman Luke Vincent, were banned for various periods after a tribunal set up jointly by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) found them guilty.

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BCB chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury said they will follow ICC guidelines for the next edition of the tournament. Ismail said new franchises were expected to be drafted since agreements with the seven teams which took part in the 2013 edition had been terminated.

The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), a players' body, had last year warned members against future participation in the BPL due to prolonged non-payment of match fees in previous editions. Ismail said that BCB has completed "90 per cent payment" for international players and a former Bangladesh captain has been entrusted to settle the issue with local players.

"Only a few players have not been fully paid yet because their amount is subject to dispute," he said. "We hope to settle it before the next edition."