The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday unveiled a new three-format domestic tournament that will bring together T20, 50-over and four-day cricket under a single competition in an effort to increase interest in the country’s domestic game.

The tournament, called the Domestic Three Trophy, or D3 Trophy, will feature six teams owned by six corporate groups under three-year agreements with the BCB.

The six teams are backed by H. Bluestar, Walton Group, Citizens Bank, ACME Group, Seven Rings Cement and Fortune Group. The team owners include three BCB directors: Fahim Sinha of ACME Group, Mizanur Rahman of Fortune Group and Shahniyan Tanim of H. Bluestar.

The D3 Trophy will replace three of the BCB’s existing domestic competitions with a single structure. The four-day National Cricket League will remain separate, while the Bangladesh Cricket League’s four-day and one-day competitions and the NCL’s T20 competition will be incorporated into the new tournament.

The T20 competition will open the tournament on Dec. 15 at the renovated Jibanananda Das Cricket Stadium in Barishal. The BCB plans to gradually take the competition to all divisions. Khulna is being considered as the second venue, with Dhaka as an alternative.

The four-day matches will begin in January, followed by the 50-over competition in May. Across the three formats, the tournament will feature seven four-day matches, 16 one-day matches and 19 T20 matches.

Each team will be allowed to sign up to 23 players for all three formats. Coaching staff, analysts, physiotherapists and trainers will also be selected through a draft.

The six teams announced their icon players at Sunday’s launch. Walton selected Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Fortune chose Towhid Hridoy, ACME took Mosaddek Hossain, Seven Rings Cement picked Mushfiqur Rahim, H. Bluestar selected Nurul Hasan and Citizens Bank named Mohammad Naim.

BCB President Tamim Iqbal said the board had been concerned by criticism that domestic cricket had lost its appeal.

“We often hear that domestic cricket has lost its color, that there is no interest and that some call it picnic cricket,” he said. “When we came to the board, we were concerned about this and thought about how we could bring that color back.”

Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque said keeping domestic cricket active for six or seven months a year could help narrow the gap between players competing at domestic level and those in the national team.