Robi will continue as Bangladesh national team's sponsor after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) awarded them the sponsorship rights as the highest bidder. "Robi got the sponsorship rights for the next two years which will start after the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Last two years they had also been with us. Two companies - Robi and Pran - took part in the bid and Robi got the rights as the highest bidder as they exceeded our floor price/ said Kazi Inam Ahmed, BCB's marketing and commercial committee chairman, yesterday.

He was however not ready to disclose the exact amount they are going to receive from Robi, who were also awarded the sponsorship rights for the Bangladesh Women's Cricket team, Bangladesh Under-19 team and Bangladesh A team.

This time the floor price was Tk 60 crore - double that of the last one in 2015. Top of Mind was the highest bidder last time with Tk 41.41 crore and then they sold it to Robi.

Inam said that the increase in price is just a reflection of Bangladesh cricket team's good performance.