BCB Unveils Unified Six-Team Domestic Structure for Cricket
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has drawn a bold new map for its domestic game, signing off on a six-team structure that drags all three formats under one umbrella and hands the keys to the country’s corporate heavyweights.
The revamped model, approved on Sunday, will see First-Class (four-day), List A One-Day and List A T20 cricket aligned in a single competition framework. The first ball under this system is still some way off: a T20 tournament pencilled in for December 2026 as the opening act.
BCB confirmed that team ownership rights will be offered to “established and reputed” corporate and financial institutions in Bangladesh for an initial three-year cycle. Cricbuzz understands all six teams have already been snapped up by leading corporate houses, a sign that the board’s franchise-style vision has found willing backers in the business community.
In a press release, the board said it had “agreed in principle to introduce a six-team domestic competition structure covering three formats – First Class (four-day), List A One-Day and List A T20 – under a single competition framework,” underlining its intent to streamline what has often been a fragmented domestic calendar. The T20 competition, it noted, will break ground for the new system in that tentative December 2026 window.
The structural overhaul has been matched by a financial reset. Acting on a Working Committee proposal, the BCB also signed off on revised match fees across the domestic circuit, a move aimed at putting more money directly into players’ pockets.
Match Fees
- Men’s cricketers will receive Tk 1.5 lakh per match in four-day cricket
- Tk 1 lakh per One-Day game
- Tk 80,000 per T20
- Players turning out in the National Cricket League 2nd XI will earn Tk 15,000 per match, a notable bump for those operating just below the top tier.
Women’s domestic cricket has not been left behind. Match fees have been set at Tk 40,000 for three-day cricket, Tk 30,000 for One-Day fixtures and Tk 20,000 for T20s, a clearer financial structure for a sector that has long pushed for better recognition and reward.
A unified competition, corporate-backed teams, and sharper pay scales for both men and women: Bangladesh’s domestic game is being pushed into a new, more commercial era. The real test will come in December 2026, when the first T20 under this framework walks out under the lights and the entire experiment moves from paper to pitch.
