Sports Reporter :
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chalked out a plan for the members of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team amid coronavirus pandemic. It is noteworthy that Young Tigers clinched the ICC Under-19 World Cup recently. It was for the first time that a team from Bangladesh bagged the title of such kind of tournament.
The BCB has arranged world-class facilities and some noted coaches for the training of the Young Tigers though the coronavirus has not yet come to under control in the country.
After the Young Tigers won the ICC Under-19 World Cup by beating their stronger opponents India Under-19 Cricket team by three wickets, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hassan Papon said that BCB would ensure that the cricketers would not loss their way like the previous batches.
The BCB then contract with the cricketers for two years. According to the contract every cricketers will get Taka one lakh per month. The highest body of BCB also chalked out a plan to start a conditioning camp in England. The duration of the conditioning camp will be a two-month affairs.
However, the cricketers of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team are still getting their monthly salary but stay at home as the cricketing activities remained stopped since mid -March following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Chairman of the Game Development Committee of BCB Khaled Mahmud Sujon said, “We want to do some quality things with those boys so that they can become the next big thing of Bangladesh.” Sujon said those words after an online meeting on Wednesday.
Sujon said, “We have decided to set up a condition camp in England in June but due to the coronavirus it was not possible. May be we can arrange it in September-October with England resuming the cricketing activities but in that period we won’t get our desirable condition. So we had to put it on hold. But we definitely arrange the camp in next year,”
Khaled Mahmud, the Director of BCB and former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket team said the cricketers would also get the opportunity to play some matches in England.
He said, “Our main focus would be to train where we will invite specialist coaches. But at the same time, we will play some matches there also. We think if the players train in England at the start of English season, they will be hugely benefited. In our country, we can’t do anything in off-season because of rain. But if we can arrange practice and matches for the players in abroad in our off season, they will be highly skilled and can make them prepared for the future challenge.”
Khaled Mahmud said that they have already estimated a budget for making those Young Tigers to be world-class level cricketers.
“We have a long term plan with them and for that a budget was also ready. This year has been wasted due to the COVID-19 but still we have the next year in hand. We’ll try to amend the loss of the year by playing more matches,” he concluded.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chalked out a plan for the members of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team amid coronavirus pandemic. It is noteworthy that Young Tigers clinched the ICC Under-19 World Cup recently. It was for the first time that a team from Bangladesh bagged the title of such kind of tournament.
The BCB has arranged world-class facilities and some noted coaches for the training of the Young Tigers though the coronavirus has not yet come to under control in the country.
After the Young Tigers won the ICC Under-19 World Cup by beating their stronger opponents India Under-19 Cricket team by three wickets, President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hassan Papon said that BCB would ensure that the cricketers would not loss their way like the previous batches.
The BCB then contract with the cricketers for two years. According to the contract every cricketers will get Taka one lakh per month. The highest body of BCB also chalked out a plan to start a conditioning camp in England. The duration of the conditioning camp will be a two-month affairs.
However, the cricketers of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team are still getting their monthly salary but stay at home as the cricketing activities remained stopped since mid -March following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Chairman of the Game Development Committee of BCB Khaled Mahmud Sujon said, “We want to do some quality things with those boys so that they can become the next big thing of Bangladesh.” Sujon said those words after an online meeting on Wednesday.
Sujon said, “We have decided to set up a condition camp in England in June but due to the coronavirus it was not possible. May be we can arrange it in September-October with England resuming the cricketing activities but in that period we won’t get our desirable condition. So we had to put it on hold. But we definitely arrange the camp in next year,”
Khaled Mahmud, the Director of BCB and former captain of Bangladesh National Cricket team said the cricketers would also get the opportunity to play some matches in England.
He said, “Our main focus would be to train where we will invite specialist coaches. But at the same time, we will play some matches there also. We think if the players train in England at the start of English season, they will be hugely benefited. In our country, we can’t do anything in off-season because of rain. But if we can arrange practice and matches for the players in abroad in our off season, they will be highly skilled and can make them prepared for the future challenge.”
Khaled Mahmud said that they have already estimated a budget for making those Young Tigers to be world-class level cricketers.
“We have a long term plan with them and for that a budget was also ready. This year has been wasted due to the COVID-19 but still we have the next year in hand. We’ll try to amend the loss of the year by playing more matches,” he concluded.
