Bangladesh’s cricketers will resume training from tomorrow
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|| Cricfrenzy Correspondent ||
Bangladesh’s cricketers will resume training from tomorrow [October1] at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium as they head for another two week residential camp in a bio-bubble environment.
The BCB has announced that the senior team will continue to train at their camp in Dhaka, during which the players will play three long-format practice matches that includes two two-day games and one three-day game.
BCB decided that the cricketers and the support staff will continue staying in a Dhaka hotel for two more weeks to make sure they don't go out of their bio-secure bubble.
Bangladesh's cricketers have been forced to extend their break from international cricket after their tour of Sri Lanka was postponed for a second time on Monday.
They would have played in a three-match Test series for the first time in six years in October, but now they must wait till January for the home series against West Indies, although that too is uncertain at this stage because of the Covid-19 situation.
The practice matches are likely to be followed by a T20 tournament, which will also have players from the high-performance set-up and others though it is yet to be finalized.
BCB is also hoping that the clubs will agree to restart the 2019-20 Dhaka Premier League, which was postponed after one round of matches in March but whether that can be accomplished only time can say as clubs are not ready to play the league citing financial instability.
After the postponement of Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka for a three-match Test series, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chalked out the plan to resume the domestic league.
BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon said that the board however is mulling as to how they could bring back domestic cricket, ensuring a health protocol in the aspect of COVID-19,
He added that the concerned department was advised to set a guideline and proposal about the league.
“We will start a domestic cricket league and I asked them to make the offer and guideline. It is not a problem to start the game but we have asked them to suggest how we can handle the situation and keep the players safe,” said Nazmul recently.
“While they will be in cricket, the concerned department will arrange a proposal to start a league. So far I understand that the league should be held in T20 format. I don’t know still with which league we will start domestic cricket but I can tell once the concerned department will hand over the proposal to me,” he added.
Nazmul said there were several ideas with which they could start the league, amongst which there is a corporate league or a league which will be held with three teams—national team, HP and Under-19 team.
“The main point is that we want to involve maximum players in the league which we will start,” he pointed out.
“There are two parts to domestic cricket,” he said. “One is with 5-6 teams, if there are 6 teams, 90 players can play together. The more you play, the better. If we can organize a tournament for them; It could be a corporate league or a BCB team or whatever …. I’m thinking about it. I’m thinking again, maybe we would organize a tournament with the national team, HP and under-19 team which will be BCB sponsored. We will do one of these two. Discussions are going on and it will be T20 format what I understood,” he said.
Nazmul said the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) was asked to prepare a guideline to how DPL could be resumed and which ground could be used to hold the matches of the league but he made it clear that the DPL will be a single league if it is held this season.
“We talked about the suspended league. It could be a single league. But we have to finish the league. And everyone is asked to prepare for next year’s league as soon as possible. If that is not possible then this year’s suspended league will be held. During this time we have to finish the first division, second division and third division and also the DPL.”
