Bangladesh Cricket Board approves six-team franchise competition

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will launch a six-team franchise competition that unifies the first-class, one-day and T20 domestic tournaments under single ownership rights. The board approved the plan during its fourth meeting on Sunday.

Corporate and financial institutions will be offered three-year ownership stakes, with the T20 tournament scheduled to start in December. Revised match fees were also confirmed: Tk 1.5 lakh for four-day matches, Tk 1 lakh for one-day matches and Tk 80,000 for T20s in the men's game.

The board further sanctioned an IAAF-standard running track at the National Cricket Academy ground and upgrades to dressing rooms at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.