A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official yesterday said that the independent inquiry body, which was formed to support the board and the BCB Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) with integrity issues and investigations regarding the last edition of the Bangladesh Premier League T20 (BPL), has completed nearly half of its work. 

"Before Eid, I last spoke with them, and they said they've completed 40 to 50 percent of the work," BCB media committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman Mithu told The Daily Star.

"They've interviewed numerous cricketers, team officials, and others, with more interviews planned. The judge is abroad, but they've continued holding online meetings," he added.

Earlier, on February 3, BCB formed a three-member committee with former justice of the appellate division Justice Mirza Hussain Haider named as the convenor, while former cricketer Shakil Kasem and international lawyer Dr Khaled H. Chowdhury were named as the other members, after a lot of unethical issues during the BPL came to light. There were reports that suggested the ACU identified eight matches for suspicion of spot-fixing and match-fixing, based on anonymous tips and media reports, while they were seen monitoring 10 different players and four franchises.

BCB had acted swiftly by forming the independent inquiry committee, but more than two months on, the board is still waiting for a conclusive report. With the investigation progressing slowly, doubts remain over whether the findings will lead to meaningful accountability -- or simply become another case of concerns fading away with time.