BCB ready to go for lottery or draft in domestic T20

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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan said that though they are planning to form the five teams like the way they did with the three-team tournament he added that he is not ruling out possibility of draft in the competition if the sponsors are keen to have it that way.
BCB boss announced that they are ready to take up the challenge of bringing back cricket in a bigger scale after successfully completing the BCB President’s Cup.
BCB President’s Cup, first competitive cricket tournament, since the corona virus pandemic, ended without any trouble as Mahmudullah XI clinched the championship after beating Nazmul XI by seven wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital.

BCB considered the three-team 50-over competition involving the top players of the country as a test-run before resuming domestic cricket in a larger scale as BCB is planning to bring cricket back to the field.
Many sponsors had reservation over participating in the tournament if BCB forms the team citing they won’t be sure whether they will be given the team of their choices.
‘’It will have sponsorship that is for sure. We are getting a lot of interested parties and most of them are new. Usually those who do not get a chance in BPL they are showing interest considering who are playing in BPL are expected to feature in that competition,’’ he said.
‘’We are planning to form the team but if they (interested parties) want us to draft it can done but with the corona condition I don't think anyone would want to do that,’’ he said adding that they will go for lottery if interested teams are not ready to take the team they are expected to form for the tournament.
‘’We have two options one is the lottery and the other is if they say I want it and we manage to give team of their choices. Otherwise we will go to the lottery,’’ he said adding that Shakib al Hasan, who is expected to be free to play competitive cricket from October 29 following his ban, confirmed his participation in the tournament.