In the latest episode of the country's most popular cricketing soap opera, also known as the Bangladesh Premier League, Sri Lankan all-rounder Lahiru Samarakoon has left the Durbar Rajshahi camp, claiming to have received "nothing" in the form of payments. 

The 27-year-old left for Sri Lanka on Wednesday after warming the bench for Rajshahi since playing in their opening fixture against Fortune Barishal on December 30 in which he conceded 64 runs from his four overs in Mirpur.

"They [Durbar Rajshahi] have given me nothing, zero," he told The Daily Star on Wednesday.

Durbar Rajshahi has been at the centre of it all, failing to make player payments on several occasions. The players had boycotted a practice session in Chattogram over payment issues and upon returning to Dhaka, they played a match without any foreign players – an unprecedented event in the history of the tournament - after they refused to take the field for not being paid.

Samarakoon had already filed a complaint to the Bangladesh Cricket Board on January 21, saying that he had not received 'a single penny'. He also claimed that he had not received his daily allowances after January 15.

"The franchise hasn't paid me a single penny so far. I asked them about my money every day, but they are saying that they will give me the money tomorrow after the game or tonight. But the tomorrow never comes," he had told The Daily Star.