Premier League T20 likely from February 5
Premier League T20 likely from
SPORTS REPORTER, Dhaka
The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolitan (CCDM) will hold a meeting with officials of all participating clubs in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League after completion of the Bangabandhu-Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to discuss the upcoming edition of the league.
CCDM coordinator Amin Khan said this to The Independent at the BCB-National Cricket Academy (NCA) of the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur yesterday.
Were yet to take any final decision regarding Premier League. But we have plans to hold the DPL Players Draft on January 25. We also have plans to start our Premier League T20 on February 5. But everything is yet to be finalised officially, said Amin Khan.
Itll be finalised when we call a meeting. After conclusion of the BPL, well hold a meeting with the participating DPL teams. Actually, everything will be finalised in that meeting, he also said.
Well arrange that meeting after completion of the BPL, he added.
Meanwhile, teams have started talking with the players for the upcoming edition of the Premier League. Last year, players had demanded that the board remove the players-by-choice system from the DPL. BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon had to accept the players proposal in this regard.
As per the declaration, players
will be free this year. There will
be no system of players pool, draft,
or their retention. Players can join any team they choose to play for. Along
with that, the board has no responsibility to take care of a players payment because a player will go to play in a team of his own accord.
Its open as there will be no draft system. Its open for allboth players and clubs. Players can choose whatever team they choose to play for. There is no restriction. There is no system of pool, draft, and retention, said the CCDM coordinator.
Both the organisers and sponsors are now trying to arrange the DPL Twenty20 Tournament, which would start prior to the Dhaka Premier League (50-over affair) in a more festive manner.
Walton CEO Milton Ahmed once said they planned make the T20 tournament more festive and more entertaining. Amin Khan echoed that sentiment, citing promotional reasons. We want to make it a glamorous tournament. If its a tournament for clubs, itll be more glamorous and festive than BPL, he said.
Whenever you refer to BPL teams
like Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, Chattogram, and Cumilla, there are always proper players, manpower, officials, and supporters. But if its the Abahani Team, Mohammedan team, or Brothers Unions, they have hardcore local supporters. Supporters of league teams will also come to the stadium to root for their favourite clubs. So, if the tournament is indeed held in a festive manner, it would be really glamorous, he also said.
If the tournament is promoted a bit, itll be even better. We are eager to arrange a gorgeous tournament. W plan to increase the number of daynight matches, he added.
Citing the memories of the last edition of the DPL T20 Tournament, Khan
said they have plans to increase the number of daynight matches this time around. Last year we arranged only two daynight matches the semi-final and final. But this year, we hope to hold daynight matches. We will do our best to make arrange them in a festive mood, he added.
