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Lasith Malinga was bought by Dhaka Gladiators at the BPL auction, but there's a question mark over his availability © Getty Images
Confusion reigns over whether Lasith Malinga will play in the Bangladesh Premier League 2013. On Thursday evening, after the auction, the Dhaka Gladiators franchise that had bid for Malinga said they were not aware of his unavailability. But the Sri Lanka fast bowler's agent told ESPNcricinfo earlier in the day that Malinga hadn't "entered the auction".
The BPL governing council, on Wednesday night, sent out a text message with the names of several players who had withdrawn from and been included in the auction. Malinga was listed as one of those included, before his agent claimed he wouldn't be entering.
Dhaka bid $115,000 for him after he was placed in the golden category of the foreign players. "We are not aware of any news of [Lasith] Malinga being unavailable," Dhaka's spokesman, Minhaz Uddin Khan, said.
After the auction, Malinga's agent could not be contacted through phone or email for a comment.