Shakib Al Hasan, the first cricketer of the year, was invited to the annual meeting of the Maryland Cricket Club (MCC). Shakib has said that the MCC committee has joined the meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday at the meeting as a matter of concern for Bangladesh cricket. The England Cricket Board has warned the MCC Cricket Guardian company, receiving reverse messages from Johnny Bairstow and Shakib, that the players will not be interested in reducing the wage discrimination in international cricket. Spot-fixing like corruption can not be reduced.
The committee also includes Ricky Ponting, Brendon McCullum and Kumar Sangakkara. Shakib said that there are many young cricketers in Bangladesh who do not see Test cricket as their target. The reason given to have more opportunities than T-Twenty than the Test.
The national team's interest in leaning towards franchise cricket is increasing. MCC committee member and former Australian captain Ponting said, "You do not see the English or Australian cricketers leaving the national team and playing the IPL." This is because they (the board) give the satisfaction of the players. So, for the most part of the year, the best players in the Test should be confirmed near England or Australia. It will not fall in the interest of representing their country.