The domestic cricketers of Bangladesh will get better match fees following a revised fee structure for cricketers participating in both men and women’s competitions was approved by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. It arrives as the board gears up to restructure domestic cricket and go over to a new six-team system with corporate ownership.
Men’s players will be getting Tk 1.5 lakh for a four-day game and Tk 1 lakh for a One-Day game. T20 matches will carry a fee of Tk 80,000. Those who are playing in the second team of the National Cricket League (NCL) will be paid Tk 15,000 per game.
The restructured format also features an additional increment for women’s cricket. The match fees for the three-day matches have been fixed at Tk 40,000, while for One-Day and T20 are set at Tk 30,000 and Tk 20,000 respectively.
The board has also upped the daily allowance for Bangladesh’s Under-19 players. This time their allowance will be Tk 20,000 instead of Tk 10,000.
They are part of a broader package aimed at overhauling the structure and financing of domestic cricket.They are part of a larger package that seeks to overhaul the structure and funding of domestic cricket. The BCB have sanctioned the competition with the participation of six teams, each of which will play four days cricket, List A ODI and List A T20 cricket.
The goal of the board is to not just run the teams as a part of the existing framework but to provide ownership rights to existing corporate and financial institutions in Bangladesh. It is expected that the initial agreement period will be of three years and reports suggest that all the six teams have been secured by the leading corporate houses already.
It is expected that the project would be introduced in the T20 format and December 2026 is tentatively proposed as its starting date. The tournament will be the first big trial of the new team-based format before the other formats are added to the competition.
The proposed system may provide domestic cricket with a more structured commercial base but will only truly benefit if the companies that are involved are able to support their sides and the BCB’s consistency of the different formats they manage.
The board’s moves at several levels come after the player payments were revised, and they are a blend of financial tweaks and an effort to rein in the domestic cricket landscape. The next phase will be the rollout of the competition with six teams and the finalization of its fully functional structure.