Sports Reporter :
Chairman of Cricket Operations of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Akram Khan said on Saturday, ” All cricketers agree to play in three formats (Test, ODI, T20I). They have given consent to give priority to play for the National Cricket team instead of international cricket competitions.”
Recently the cricketers went to foreign countries to play in Indian Premier League (IPL), County Cricket, Australian Big Bash, Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), Lanka Premier League (LPL) when Bangladesh Cricket team were engaged in the international series against their foreign opponent teams. So, The BCB officials are dissatisfied with this matter.
The BCB are going to agreement with the national cricketers. Akram Khan said all the cricketers have given their consent to agree with all the conditions, which will be given by the BCB.
He said, ” All cricketers are prepared to play in all formats. They will give priority to play for national team rather than foreign league. If they get chance to play in LPL when Bangladesh team have no schedule to play against their opponent teams.”
The LPL will be held in Sri Lanka from July 30 to August 22. Australia Cricket team will tour Bangladesh to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches against Bangladesh Cricket team August 2 to August 8. A number of seven cricketers have showed their interest to play in the upcoming LPL. They are: Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar.
Akram Khan said, ” The cricketers of Bangladesh will not be allowed to take part in the LPL from the very beginning. Because we have a five-match ODI series against Australia during that time. They will be allowed to play in LPL when Bangladesh Cricket team have no schedule to play against the foreign teams.”
