Bangladesh cricketers withdraw strike

Bangladesh cricketers have withdrawn their strike tonight after Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) promised to meet their demands.

BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon made the disclosure after a meeting with the cricketers at BCB headquarters.

The national team will start their camp from October 25 ahead of India tour and the National Cricket League (NCL) will start from October 26.

The cricketers decided to meet BCB after a press conference where they briefed about their 13-point demand.

Their demands include- raising salaries of first-class cricketers by 50 percent and better facilities in practice arenas.

Earlier, the players went on strike with 11 demands on Monday and declared that they will no longer take part in any cricketing activity until their demands are met. 

BCB officials asked the players to come and discuss the terms with them on Wednesday morning and said that they were open to discuss with the players at any time. 

BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said on Wednesday morning that he was hopeful that the NCL third round would kick off the next day. 

BCB Head of Media Communications told that they were waiting for the players to come and discuss with BCB. 

BCB President Nazmul Hassan met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban on Wednesday morning, where they talked about the players' strike.

According to the BCB boss, Prime Minister was quite shocked at the incident as the players went directly on strike.

The BCB boss quoted Prime Minister saying, "Whatever happens, why would they not play? My door is open, your (Nazmul Hassan) door is open. Without telling anybody anything, why would they stop playing?"

The BCB President ended by saying that this has not happened anywhere else in the world where someone calls a strike without placing their demands.