Bangladesh is playing International level competitions for almost one decade but there has been no improvement in the standard of their game. Except very few rare wins they were never been able to give a good fight to the opposition. Their recent performance in ICC Championship trophy tells the whole story of their improvement through all these years. A score of 265+ against Sri Lanka doesn’t mean they have a good batting line up. Any counties 2nd or 3rd tier team can make such a score once in a while. True they have few talented batsman in their team like Aftab Ahemad , Ashrful & others . These players can be made world class by proper training & guidance but not by just giving them a chance to play against a McGrath or a Shohaib.

ICC should have a rational vision in promoting cricket. Just by giving chances to the minnows in big events will not serve any purpose. ICC should try to make sure that the players from counties like Bangladesh & Zimbabwe get enough exposure before playing for their nation. It can never happen just by playing the domestic matches in their respective countries. Ashraful can never get a chance to face a bowler of Lee’s speed playing in Bangladesh. All the top cricket playing nations should share this responsibility under the guidance of ICC. ICC can come up with a proposal like “every test playing nation (of course except Bangladesh) should have few foreign players in their domestic competition”. It will also help players to adapt themselves in different conditions. ICC need to take few pioneering initiatives else we will never see any improvement in the standard of cricket played in Bangladesh, Kenya or Zimbabwe.

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