Dhaka Premier League to Return to Traditional 50-Over Tournament
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday said that the upcoming edition of the Dhaka Premier League. The traditional Dhaka-club-based 50-over tournament, will return to its old format.
The Dhaka Premier League of the 2019-20 season was postponed on March 19 last year. After the completion of just one round of matches in compliance with the measures taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. In preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from October. The BCB decided to cancel the edition and restart it in the T20 format.
Dhaka Premier League is Our main List A Tournament :
“Definitely (Dhaka Premier League is going to be in the 50-over format). What happened last year was that we had very little time and we played three to four matches in a day which is not normal. The Dhaka Premier League is our main List A tournament. And that includes tradition. So naturally the next edition of the DPL will be in the 50-over format. Qazi Inam Ahmed, Chairman of the Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis, assigned a BCB wing. duty to complete the tournament, told reporters on Wednesday. After the CCDM meeting at the BCB headquarters in Dhaka.
“We are thinking of arranging DPL in March-April next year,” he said.
Considering Starting a Lower Level Dhaka-Club Based Tournament From November-December:
Inam said they are looking at starting a lower-level Dhaka-club-based tournament. From November-December as the country has not previously had second and third division. Cricket since the outbreak of the coronavirus, although the BCB has postponed some domestic tournaments. hosted.
Want to start DPL From November-December This Year:
“First Division, Second Division and Third Division leagues (which were postponed after the Corona outbreak) are important to us. We have spoken with all the coordinators as we want to start the DPL from November-December this year. has decided.
“Look there is no lockdown. And everything is starting to open like schools and colleges. But still the government has a health protocol guideline. In lower level leagues we will see what kind of health protocol is in place. And if any direction given by the government in this regard,” he said.
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