Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed that if the current coronavirus situation in Bangladesh does not improve and until a vaccine is invented, he does not see any logical reason to resume the Dhaka Premier League or stage the Bangladesh Premier League.

A total of five bilateral series for the Tigers have been postponed since the coronavirus outbreak. Hassan informed that apart from the series against Australia, BCB has already rescheduled the four other series.

"We have already missed quite a few series where Australia and New Zealand were scheduled to tour Bangladesh.

"We also have a Test remaining against Pakistan along with the Ireland tour and we have almost prepared the re-scheduling of those series and none of the matches will be missed except for one. We are yet to confirm the series against Australia as the timings of the two boards are not matching," said Hassan.

There was some good news as Hassan seemed hopeful that ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, whose one-year ban from all sorts of cricket by the ICC which will be lifted on October 29, will join the Tigers' camp during their tour of Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh are scheduled to play three Test matches in Sri Lanka, with the first Test expected to start in mid-October. According to Hassan, the star all-rounder will have to go through fitness tests and other processes before joining the team. 

However, the BCB boss, during a briefing at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, urged media not to put too much focus on Shakib as it may work against the cricketer if found to be breaching any clause of the suspension.

"I had a chat with him but I am not going to disclose that. Once Shakib's ban gets lifted, only then he can play for us. He will be available once his suspension ends and we are all eagerly waiting for his return. But this is also related to his fitness and preparation and for that he will practise on his own and he is expected to return to the country this month before starting training. We are hoping that he remains fit and everything remains fine and he will join us in Sri Lanka and play, if he is able to," Hassan told media.

"Don't try to do much news on Shakib as it is also part of the condition [set by the ICC] that he wouldn't be playing [anything] that comes to media. He is not allowed to be with us until his ban gets lifted although he can play cricket in the neighbourhoods if he wants," Hassan added.

The BCB boss also spoke about the national teams' training camp and suggested on minimising the risk of arranging the camp in Bangladesh and focusing on spending more time in Sri Lanka which is comparatively safe from the corona virus in the recent times. He also added that the cricketers will have to go through three Covid-19 tests before joining the residential camp.

"At the moment they are doing individual training as we provided all the facilities by following safety measures upon their request. There are groundsmen and support staff and players themselves, none of whom have gone through tests, so we can't say they are safe. There will be risks but we have to minimise that and that is the reason I have suggested to shift training more to Sri Lanka and get prepared there as much as possible as we assume Sri Lanka's situation is much better than here. We will try to follow proper isolation process during our camp in the country," he said.