The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) finalised on Wednesday the grouping of the Dhaka Premier Division T20 Cricket League (DPDCL), reports UNB.
CCDM Chairman Kazi Inam Ahmed announced the grouping of the 12 teams at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) office in Mirpur in the city.
"We have finalised the four groups of the upcoming T20 edition of DPDCL scheduled to start on February 25. We have put top four teams of the previous league in four groups and divided other teams through lottery," he told reporters.
"All matches of the group stage will be played from February 25 to 28 and the group champions will play in the semi-finals on March 1 and the final will be played on March 3," said Kazi Inam.
The chairman of the CCDM also said they are trying to telecast the semi-finals and the final live.
"We are trying to telecast the semi-finals and the final of the tournament live. We will confirm it after finalising the broadcaster," he said.
Meanwhile, all the matches of the T20 version of the 12-team Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPDCL) beginning in the city on February 25 will get the List 'A' status.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted the status and informed the International Cricket Council of it accordingly, said its senior media manager Rabeed Imam on Tuesday.
As per the decision, all the records of the local T20 league will now enter into the record books like 50-over-a-side Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, which got the List A status earlier.
Twelve teams, split into four groups, will take part in the shorter version of the league and later the group champions will play in the semifinals on March 1 and the final will be held on March 03, all at Shere-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur under floodlights.
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