BCB wants only T20s

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has come up with new proposal for their Irish counterparts -- playing five T20 internationals instead of the earlier planned five ODIs, keeping in mind the Tigers' preparation for the ICC World T20 in Sri Lanka in September.
The BCB's media committee chairman Jalal Yunus revealed this change of plan yesterday after the emergency meeting of the board of directors at the BCB headquarters in Mirpur.
“We are interested to play T20 series instead of one-day series right at this moment, so we will ask them (Cricket Ireland) whether it will be possible for them to arrange. It's not possible to play the one-day series before the ICC Twenty20 World Club, so we will play the series at a convenient time after the World Cup if they don't agree to host the T20 series,” said Yunus.
As per earlier decision the Tigers are supposed to play five ODIs during the two-week trip to Ireland in late July.
A three-member committee headed by BCB vice-president Ahmed Sajjadul Alam was formed during the meeting to oversee the tender process for the BCB's next worldwide media rights. BCB Directors Mirza Salman Ispahani and Aziz Al Kaiser are the other members of the committee.
“Draft copies have already been distributed to all directors and they have been asked to come up with suggestions to fine-tune the tender that will be floated for the new TV deal while a committee has been formed to oversee the whole issue,” said Yunus.
The six-year contract with Nimbus ended on April 30.
Taking lessons from previous errors, the board has been trying to take all the precautions so that they can uplift the interest of the board and the issues which will be key in the new contract are going to be bank guarantee, allowable expenditure, material changes, level of production and the Decision Review System (DRS).
Yunus also informed that the board has approved the president's decision regarding resumption of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket Super League which will resume on May 31 after a two-month suspension.
“After discussion with the representatives of the six Super League clubs our president (AHM Mustafa Kamal) solved the problem and has decided that the Abahani-Victoria match will be replayed. We want to clear one thing -- it has been approved as a special case in the greater interests of the game; there is no way that it will serve as a precedent for future scenarios,” explained Yunus.
He also informed that the coordinator of the CCDM (Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis) Aynul Islam Tiash will replace Iqbal Yusuf Chowdhury as member secretary of CCDM.
He said that the appointment of the head coach for the national team was not discussed in the meeting.
“It was not on the agenda and that is why the board didn't discuss this issue. We will wait for three-four more days for a reply from Richard Pybus and after that we will decide on our next course of action,” he said.
Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad has appointed team manager again in place of Zahid Razzak Masum for the trip of Zimbabwe where the Tigers will play a tri-nation T20 tournament. South Africa is the other team in the meet.