BCB Requests Guarantee From Bangladesh Army To Host Women's Twenty20 World Cup
In light of the nation's political turmoil, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has asked the army chief for assurances over security for the women's T20 World Cup, which is set to take place from October 3–20.
The head of the Bangladeshi army has been asked to provide security assurances to the Bangladesh Cricket Board for the women's T20 World Cup, which is set to take place from October 3–20 in the midst of political instability in the nation following the removal of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The cities of Sylhet and Mirpur in Bangladesh will host the women's T20 World Cup. The Bangladeshi army chief of staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, has reportedly received a letter from the BCB asking for security assurance in order to host the event, according to Cricbuzz.
On September 27, the women's T20 World Cup warm-up round is scheduled to start.
Following violent protests against the government that resulted in hundreds of deaths and the resignation and flight of former government officials, the ICC has been keeping an eye on the situation PM Hasina.
It is anticipated that the ICC may choose to hold the competition in a different location that is in a comparable time zone, leaving Sri Lanka, India, and the United Arab Emirates as the options.
Along with a few other board directors, the current president of the BCB, Nazmul Hasan Papon, has also left the nation. It was thought that the Awami League, the party of the former prime minister, was behind them.
A few other directors, though, are still in Dhaka and are hoping that Bangladesh won't be the site of the event.
Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu, the chairman of the BCB umpiring committee, declared, "We are trying to host the tournament."Since there aren't many of us in the nation, to be honest, we sent a letter on Thursday, August 8, to the Army Chief regarding assurance about the security of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as we have only two months in hand," he said.
"ICC communicated with us two days back and we replied that we will come back to them shortly." "After the (interim) government is formed, still we have to give them assurance of the security considering it cannot be given by the board or any anyone else apart from a law enforcement agency of the country and so we sent the letter and after getting written assurance from them (the Army), we will inform the ICC," he said.
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