DHAKA, Aug 1, 2022 (BSS)-The International Cricket Council (ICC) has praised
the excellent surge of Bangladesh in the ODI format in their last meeting,
said the BCB CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury.

The world cricket apex body also highlighted Bangladesh's ODI progress in
their annual report. The Tigers ODI strength was further proved in the ICC
ODI Super League standings in which they are currently in second spot with
120 points from 18 matches. World Champions England are in the top spot with
125 points from the same number of matches.

"This is a great factor for us. It's obviously a great thing for Bangladesh
cricket," Chowdhury said here today after returning to Bangladesh from ICC
meeting in Birmingham, England.

"Hopefully you see that how delightfully our ODI progress was highlighted in
the ICC annual report. They are highly praise of our ODI team's performance
and we are really proud of this."

But even though Bangladesh showed its strength time and again in the ODI
format, the continuously find them in vulnerable state in Test and T20
format.

Chowdhury said despite that shortcomings, Bangladesh are happy to get the
matches in next FTP cycle as per their requirements.

"We came close to increase the number of the matches or reduce the number of
matches as per our requirements. There was shuffling in one or two matches
but hopefully we will overcome it."