I do not dwell into resource allocation, practice facilities, indoor facilities since Mahbub and Shafiqur Rahman have already discussed it at length. I want to add something with it, which is decentralisation of cricket activities. We all know our domestic cricket over the years centred on the Dhaka Premier League. Nowadays we are playing four-day National Cricket League but it is in an infancy stage. Besides, it has so far failed to create the necessary rivalry, excitement and sense of belonging among the participating six divisions. So, what I mean by saying true decentralisation of cricket is that the game should be played as much in all the divisions as in Dhaka. For example, a lot of current national players are coming from Sylhet. But if we look into the cricketing activities in Sylhet, it is not as much active as in Dhaka.
I want to add another thing, which is to follow the example of Mr. KZ Islam's successful Nirman school concept. It will help us to start in a small scale like we can pick ten schools from Dhaka, six from Chittagong four each from Khulna and Rajshahi and two each from Sylhet and Barisal based on their performance in the domestic school competition. After the scouting was completed we can provide those selected schools with proper facilities on condition that they have their own grounds, good pitches and a proper coach. That is what we are planning at this moment and I think it won't need lot of money. So, if we start from that point, I think we can build the platform of getting future cricketers.
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