Bangladesh Cricket Board CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury has confirmed that the base camp ahead of next year’s World Cup has been planned to be set up in Ireland. The BCB did the same thing in 2017 before the ICC Champions Trophy and are looking to do the same for the World Cup.

Apart from that, the BCB are also talking with other boards to set up more practice matches ahead of the World Cup for the Bangladesh team. While there are already some scheduled practice matches, the BCB wants more of it.

The CEO of BCB Nizamuddin Chowdhury made these claims to The Independent just a day after arriving from Dublin, Ireland, from ICC executive board meeting.  

“We have some plans surrounding the next 2019 ICC World Cup. We will play in Ireland. Therefore, the next planning for some more games will depend on the time period,” said Nizamuddin Chowdhury.

“Our players will be away from home for around two months. We are thinking about the possibility of arranging some additional games besides the ICC accredited warm-up matches. We’re working on it,” Chowdhury told.

“We, earlier, played such type of tournament prior to the ICC Champions Trophy. The series is being held as its continuation of that plan,” he added.

Nizamuddin further stated that the BCB are looking to fill up the other positions in the coaching staff by appointing batting and fielding coaches before adding that Neil McKenzie is one of the options that is being considered by the BCB.

“We’re working on appointing batting and fielding coaches. We hope someone will soon be seen with the national team. In that case, we’ve some option. You all know that Gary Kirstein is with us. We’ll take our decision to hold discussion over the matter,” he continued.