Mixing regional/district teams with the Abahahis/Mohd. might create a lot of team selection issues.
Tehsin, when you say "not many people cared about the league" what group of people are you referring to - surely not the youngsters outside the big mohanogories ?
When we pick the big Dhaka clubs with the top 3/4 districts - we are giving the scheme a touch of elitism. The big picture of being able to harness talent ouside the spotlight areas will remain, er just a big picture. Put this in an even larger perspective of BD being given the opportunity to play TESTS - now , what was the real reason ??
Isn't their a 2nd division already ? I dont remember though !!
A true measure of the game's popularity is measured by how much teams such as
"nobodies" get to generate interests, by say causing an upset.
Even in Pakistan, whose domestic circuit comes closest to your model, there are regional teams playing the main "test like" games - not the banks, mind you. Its only that such leagues have taken the breath of cricket to the far reaches that has allowed them to bring in players from the Burwella or Multan villages.
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