Four teams get practice games
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranged practice matches for Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal ahead of the National Cricket League, which starts from October 19.
But Chittagong and Sylhet missed the opportunity to prepare by playing matches before the first-class competition.
"We have very short time in our hand before the Eid break and as both teams are locally-based, it would be tough for them to travel within this time limit. Another problem is that the Chittagong venue is not ready. One of our objective is to look at the pitches we prepared for the first few rounds," said Ahmed Sajjadul Alam Bobby, chairman of the media committee and vice-chairman of the tournament committee.
Barisal will play the first match against Bangladesh Under-19 on October 5 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur while Dhaka will meet the same opponents on October 8 at the same venue.
Rajshahi will play two warm-up games against BCB National Cricket Academy on October 6 at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra and October 7 at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium.
Khulna is also fortunate enough to play two practice games on October 9 and 10 respectively against the Academy side at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Motiur Rahman Stadium in Khulna.