DHAKA: The players have called off their strike following the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s promise to meet most of their demands, including pay hike and better facilities.
“The board has assured us that our demands, requirements will be fulfilled. We are joining the camp on the 25th (Friday),” Shakib Al Hasan told a news conference after a discussion with the BCB in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
The members of the national team will join the camp on Friday as per schedule ahead of the India tour and the third round of the national league will start on Saturday, two days behind schedule.
“The board has assured us that our demands, requirements will be fulfilled. We are joining the camp on the 25th (Friday),” Shakib Al Hasan told a news conference after a discussion with the BCB in Dhaka on Wednesday night.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan said at the media call that the board agreed to meet nine of 11 demands made by the players.
Earlier in the evening, the players raised two more demands in addition to their 11-point charter – a portion of BCB revenue and fair pay for female cricketers.
Hassan said as the new demands were sent to the board through a lawyer, the BCB counsel would look into them.
“The players have particularly demanded better pay, allowance and facilities. We are improving these significantly very soon – not in six months or a year, but within two days or three,” Hassan said.
He said the BCB’s plan was to develop infrastructure for cricket in phases across Bangladesh.
Hassan also said the board would consider whether it would accept the demand for letting the players join more than two franchise-based tournaments per season.
