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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has turned to the services of former England wicket-keeper Steve Rhodes, who was recently announced as the head coach of the national team. Rhodes also revealed that he hopes his experience would be of real value to a young Bangladesh team led by Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan admits it was painful to come so close to winning a game before losing it to Afghanistan by just one run in the final T20I in Dehradun right at the end. Shakib also stated that he felt his team did not bat well throughout the series as they lost 3-0 to Afghanistan.

BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhury has revealed that Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik will be a part of the World XI that will face Windies to raise funds for the Caribbean stadia. Apart from them, the likes of Rashid Khan and Shakib Al Hasan will also be a part of the of the team.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is determined to form Regional Cricket Associations (RCA) which can decentralize cricket in Bangladesh. The concept of RCA was first introduced by Eddie Barlow, during his stint as coach of Bangladesh in 1999-2000 but it is yet to be implemented.