Women's transfers held

There was not much excitement or enthusiasm except for on the part of the players who were present during the players' transfer for the upcoming women's Premier Division Cricket League at the the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

A total of 45 cricketers were signed for nine teams for the upcoming season, which kicks off from September 18. The teams will face each other in a league and the top four teams will advance to the Super League phase.

Each team can register three players from the national pool of 17 cricketers, while two foreign players can feature in the playing eleven.

Defending champions Rupali Bank Limited retained national team skipper Rumana Ahmed with the highest payment of Tk 6.5 lakh and Ayesha Rahman Suktara. Jahanara Alam and Salma Khatun were also retained and will feature for five time league champion Mohammedan Sporting Club.

"We have a balanced team this season and if we can perform according to our potential we are confident of clinching the title this time," Jahanara told reporters yesterday.

The tournament was earlier scheduled to take place in April of this year but the Bangladesh Cricket Board's women's wing was unable to start the league on time due to a shortage of venues.