Brothers Union, City Club and Indira Road were subjected to fight out for the last position to stay in the Premier Cricket League but CCDM has again lacked the authority to enforce these three clubs, all of them powerful, in playing the relegation play-offs, which could have been completed in the latter part of February when the first leg ended.

The relaxed attitude shown by the CCDM that runs cricket in Dhaka just goes on to prove that it is unwilling itself to let any two of the three clubs go down. Influence as well as power, in the form of officialdom and political backing, is the reason for such leniency.

It can be mentioned that ignoring half of the six qualifying club's plea to delay the Super League, the same committee went on to end the championship part in May after a three-month gap between the two legs.

City Club, who won just two matches this season and are languishing in eleventh place, appear to be the most powerful among the three even though Indira Road and Brothers Union are not far behind in this regard. Over the last few years, the Mirpur-based club enjoyed the level of influence on CCDM and BCB as sudden giants Old DOHS had.

One club official is an important decision-maker of BCB and over the past five years, it was often mentioned in the cricketing circle that a season at City Club would be enough to win a place in the national setup, given the club's clout. But this season, even with the presence of national opener Shahriar Nafees, the club struggled badly and were on free fall.

Indira Road, a small club with limited budget, usually get away with misdemeanours in the league because they have considerable influence also in the form of a top BCB official. But their negation of playing in the play-offs was quite incredible given as they were the best placed of the three teams. But once the other two denied to play, they were left without options it seems.

Both these clubs are part of the three-way nexus that have enjoyed tremendous freedom both on and off the field.

Brothers, at the bottom of the table, were at most risk of losing the coveted spot of playing in the top league for the first time. But now with the impending board decision that will go their way, the Gopibagh-outfit are going to escape from the clasp of relegation. They have refrained from contacting players and have let two of their leading batsmen go to England to play club cricket because they must have had some assurance from the board that the relegation has been called off.

Apart from paying the undue amounts to the players, clubs have the most reasons not to play these 'life and death' matches, as club officials say. But for the authority to show delight just because these three clubs are 'important' is quite ridiculous. Problem at CCDM is the presence of weak individuals who are prone to curb when pushed by higher power.

BCB is supposed to decide on the issue today and if the relegation league is cancelled, it will reflect nothing but the neglect they have for domestic cricket.

If BCB can tamper with their rule, stand by for some more incredible situations in the near future.