National team players to miss early rounds of NCL

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced all eight squads for the National Cricket League 2026-27 on Friday. Current national team players have been excluded because the T20 side is competing at the Asian Games until October 3. Test players selected for the one-off match against Afghanistan in the UAE have also been left out.

The NCL begins on October 3 and runs until November 17. National players are expected to feature in only one or two rounds at most, with the majority likely to return for the third and fourth rounds in mid-to-late October. Rangpur Division, the defending champions, open against Dhaka Division at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Bangladesh face a packed schedule that includes the Afghanistan Test, a tri-series with Zimbabwe and Afghanistan, a two-Test series against the West Indies and a full tour of South Africa starting in November.