Dhaka, Aug 23 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina described the country's cricket team, which scored back-to-back series victory against West Indies and Zimbabwe, as 'tigers' and promised measures to promote the game.

Tiger is an allusion to the famed Royal Bengal tiger.

Felicitating them here Saturday, Hasina used another epitaph which is used for describing the country itself - she called the cricketers 'golden boys'.

Bangladesh is described as 'Sonar Bangla' (golden Bengal) in its national anthem written by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Hasina invited the cricketers to her residence to congratulate them for their historic series win against West Indies and Zimbabwe.

Rising from the loss of some of their stars to the Indian Cricket League (ICL) last year, the cricketers trounced West Indies in two-Test and three- one-day series that was followed by their 4-1 one-day series victory in Zimbabwe.

Hasina announced a prize of Taka 300,000 ($4,300 approximately) for each winning cricketer.