Bangladesh Cricket Board plans TV channel and T20 league

MUMBAI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is looking at setting up a television channel to back its proposed T20 league along the lines of the Indian Premier League.

The board, which many analysts feel has diminished in value as a property, plans to launch a franchise-based T20 tournament in the first quarter of next year The BCB expects that this tournament will be able to attract many high profile players from around the world and produce new players within the country.

The BCB will start the process of establishing a television channel, the board said. A committee has been formed to expedite the procedure.

The committee is headed by Media and comunications Committee chairman Mohammed Jalal Yunus. The other members are Dewan Shafiul Arefin and Siraj Uddin Md Alamgir.