Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Faruque Ahmed today held a meeting with the former captains of the country to know their opinions and suggestions on how to take the country’s cricket forward. It was the former captain’s first meeting with the BCB president, who was also a former captain.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu, Minhazul Abedin Nannu, Habibul Bashar Sumon, Rajin Saleh, Mohammad Ashraful, Liton Das, and Mominul Haque were present during the meeting along with others. “We came here after getting the invitation of the BCB president Faruque Bhai. We mainly talked about the BPL…On how the BPL should run and how cricket can be improved, we talked about all these things,” former captain Rajin Saleh said after the meeting.
Rajin Saleh further mentioned that “we five or six captains were present and two or three were connected through zoom.” He added that the discussions also focused on the improvement of domestic cricket and infrastructure facilities.
Saleh elaborated, “We also talked about NCL T20 and domestic cricket. We talked about how to bring better franchises to the BPL in the future and how to have a good tournament.” He emphasized that “time was short,” and Faruque Bhai expressed intentions to invite them again for further discussions, with the overarching aim to advance Bangladesh cricket.
BCB Director Nazmul Abedin Fahim, who participated in the meeting alongside the president, noted the exchange of views with the captains aimed at further elevating cricket. “We exchanged some views during the meeting. The BPL is over, we discussed that,” Fahim said. He acknowledged the presence of current cricketers Liton Das and Mominul Haque, who are well-acquainted with the present state of cricket.
Fahim highlighted that “each captain gave their own opinions in their own way, where we can improve, where changes are needed or where we are not doing so well. These things were discussed elaborately.” He assured that “the board will definitely give great importance to this discussion and some decisions will be made based on it, which we may see in the coming days.”