Faruque Ahmed, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), stated he nonetheless believes Shakib al Hasan can play for the senior males’s group, supplied he will get clearance from authorized authorities. Shakib, who retired from Checks and T20Is this yr, had hoped to play his closing Check on dwelling soil. However safety issues meant he did not get to try this and could not even get to play the ODI sequence towards Afghanistan. It has additionally meant that Shakib, who was elected as MP from the ousted Awami League authorities, isn’t named in Bangladesh’s ODI squad for tour of West Indies. “As for Shakib Al Hasan, I can not present a definitive reply. I need him to play, however his absence isn’t associated to the cricket board.
“The explanations stopping his participation contain regulation enforcement and the courtroom. It is not straightforward for me to handle this. If the difficulty is resolved, I nonetheless consider Shakib has the power to play for the nationwide group.”
“Nevertheless, taking part in in franchise leagues overseas and taking part in for the nationwide group usually are not the identical. The nationwide group requires a sure mixture, and Shakib does not appear to be within the psychological state to contribute at that degree proper now. We have left this determination to him,” Ahmed was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
He stated there are ideas to launch girls’s model of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), but in addition identified making the upcoming version of the lads’s event a hit is a precedence too.
“The thought of a Ladies’s BPL is unbelievable. I consider now we have given correct significance to girls’s cricket and can attempt to enhance amenities for them. We have to consider our capability for internet hosting the Ladies’s BPL. Our effort will likely be there, and we’ll see what occurs.
“Concurrently, we purpose to strengthen the Males’s BPL additional. Though that is the primary BPL throughout my tenure on the board, it is also the final of this cycle. If I stay within the subsequent time period, or whoever does, I hope the foremost franchises will keep for the long run. Having two or three new franchises yearly isn’t best.
“Our first problem was to make sure the BPL might happen with seven groups regardless of a number of obstacles, together with the financial state of affairs and groups withdrawing. Now, it is time for higher screening and changes,” he concluded.
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