Epyllion Group to sponsor Bangladesh

Epyllion Group, a leading textile manufacturer, will sponsor the Bangladesh team for the Champions Trophy in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officially announced yesterday.

The company confirmed that it would pay Tk 15 lakh (approx. US$ 22,388) for the first three qualifying matches. The BCB stated that the amount would be increased if Bangladesh make it to the group stages of the tournament. The logo of Epyllion Group would be carried on the players' jersey and practice kits.

Mahbub Anam, BCB general secretary, welcomed the new sponsors, given that the board had struggled to find a suitable sponsor who wouldn't clash with the official sponsors of the tournament.

"Here these companies are the largest sponsors and it was a daunting task to find a sponsor," Anam was quoted in The Daily Star, a Dhaka-based daily.

Anam added that the BCB will invite open tenders for television rights for the next five years within a week and an agent would be appointed to handle the deal.

"The deadline to submit tenders would be October 31," he said. "It would be a two-folder tender with technical evaluation and financial offer. The tenders would be opened in front of the BCB officials and the media."