Confirmation of Malinga's not participating in BPL 2013

After the auction, Malinga's agent released this statement: "Lasith Malinga did not express an interest in playing in the BPL at any stage whatsoever so we are totally perplexed at how he ended up in the auction.

"There has been no telephone discussions or emails about his involvement and certainly no signing of a pre-auction agreement. The first we became aware of him being entered into the auction was when reading a Cricinfo story on Thursday morning and we confirmed he was not available to the recruitment agents via e-mail before the auction.

"Lasith wants to rest in February and early March to build up fitness ahead of a big season of limited overs cricket in 2013."

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.