[10] At the end of May 2020, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, CEO of the BCB, said they were waiting on the government's advise on the resumption of cricket in the country.

[12] In July 2020, the BCB looked at the possibility of restarting the tournament in September 2020,[13] playing all the matches at two local hubs.

[14] In August 2020, the BCB's president Nazmul Hassan were also looking at a possible window ahead of the national team's then scheduled tour to Sri Lanka to complete the tournament.

[15] However, in September 2020, the international tour to Sri Lanka was postponed, after both boards could not agree on the quarantine requirements for the series.

[16][17] After the news of the international tour being cancelled, the BCB were again looking at the possibility of completing the domestic tournament.