‘Format-specific teams possible’
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed that the board will be able to determine over the next year if it can form three different teams for three different formats -- Test, ODI and T20I.
According to Hassan, he had been mulling this move for the past three years.
“I have been saying for the past three years that there should be a different team [for Tests]. Even five years ago, I said that there should be three different teams [for three formats],” Hassan told reporters yesterday.
Hassan also mentioned that the process has been delayed due to the dearth of players but remained positive as more players had emerged in recent times.
“We will be trying for it but we need to have players for that. It seems like that gradually we are getting some players. That was not the case even two years ago. But now we can think of making three different teams. We have some players and we are confident that it is possible,” said Hassan.
The BCB president also informed that although the board may face some challenges, it will be able to determine if it can actually form three different teams over the next year.
“But the problem is that we need to think about who we can leave out. We cannot leave someone out of the team all of a sudden. For instance, it is not possible to leave out the senior players who are in good form. We need to think about that too. But by thinking along this line, we can determine over the next year if we can separate players for three formats and which player can play which format.”
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