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BCB to conduct training camp with leading DPL performers
DHAKA, April 17, 2019 (BSS)- – The Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to form a squad with the leading performers of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) to conduct an extensive training camp.
The camp is scheduled to start two weeks after the tournament that is expected to be run by local coaches initially and later could be monitored by foreign coaches as well.
“We are planning to select a squad with the leading performers of the DPL to run an extensive training session,” BCB cricket operation chairman Akram Khan said here today.
”The plan is to groom the potentials for our Bangladesh A team as we have a home series against Afghanistan,” he informed.
”If we see some of them have the potential to represent our A team than certainly we would include them in the A team along with some experienced campaigners as we want to have healthy pipeline for our national team,” he added.
The “A” team is expected to be announced by the national selectors for the upcoming home series against Afghanistan ‘A’ that is comprised with two four-day matches and three one-day games.
“We are preparing the squad and we are putting emphasis on players that are under 30 years but certainly we did not decide to have any age cap as far as selecting the squad is concerned.”
Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said that they will soon announce the High Performance squad for the High Performance program that is expected to feature Under-23 cricketers.
The previous HP squad had involved 24 cricketers, among which a few got to make it to the national dressing room. Test opener Shadman Islam and pacers Khaled Ahmed, Ebadat Hossain are players from the previous HP camp who have made it to the national team.
At the same time, the HP programme has also shaped players including the likes of Yasir Ali, Saif Hasan and Afif Hossain, who are under the limelight in the domestic arena.
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