Bangladesh, June 15 -- Bangladesh Cricket Board is soon going to form a shadow national team under the brand name of Bangladesh Tigers, BCB President Nazmul Hassan said on Tuesday.

Team Bangladesh Tigers will be coached by the local staff under the instructions of the head coach of the national team, Nazmul added.

"We have decided to form a new team under the name of Bangladesh Tigers which will be a shadow of the national team," he told the media after the 10th general meeting of the board at the BCB headquarter in Mirpur.

"The players who get omitted from the national team often lack facilities to keep themselves fit or ready to make a comeback to the national team, so we have decided to form a shadow team. All the players of this te...